THE WORD · N5
引く
pull
Verbe · Group 1 verb
潮が引いている。
It's the low tide.
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Parts of speech
Group 1 verb (godan) · Transitive · Intransitive
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Verb group: Group 1 (godan)
Verb usage: transitive and intransitive (as per meaning)
Same reading, another word
- 弾く — playing an instrument with strings; including the piano Word card → Source
- 轢く — crush someone (with a vehicle); shoot someone down Word card → Source
English dictionary meanings
- to pull
- to tug
- to lead (e.g. a horse)
- to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.)
- to attract (e.g. interest)
- to draw back (e.g. one's hand)
- to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.)
- to pull in
- to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
- to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
- to catch (a cold)
- to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
- to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.)
- to consult
- to check
- to haul
- to pull (vehicles)
- to subtract
- to deduct
- to recede
- to ebb
- to fade
- to be descend from
- to inherit (a characteristic)
- to quote
- to cite
- to raise (as evidence)
- to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.)
- to install (e.g. a telephone)
- to supply (e.g. water)
- to hold (e.g. a note)
- to apply (e.g. lipstick)
- to oil (e.g. a pan)
- to wax (e.g. a floor)
- to move back
- to draw back
- to fall back
- to retreat
- to lessen
- to subside
- to go down (e.g. of swelling)
- to resign
- to retire
- to quit
- to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour)
- to be turned off
- to recoil (in disgust, etc.)
- to cringe
- to pull back