pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
引 centers on drawing something toward oneself or into a situation: pulling physically, tugging, or jerking, and by extension admitting, installing, quoting, or referring to something as if pulling it into a conversation or record.
引 combines 弓 (bow) with a stroke 丨 that likely represents the bowstring being drawn back, giving the idea of pulling.
The left side is a bow 弓, and the right side is a single stroke 丨 like a bowstring being pulled back. Picture drawing the bowstring to pull something toward you.
For イン, imagine pulling the bowstring and hearing the inn sound of the string vibrating: inn -> イン, as you draw the bow.
transactions; dealings; business
to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
retirement
quotation; citation; reference
discount; reduction; rebate
continuously; continually; without a break
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
pulling up; drawing up; salvage; re-flotation
drawer
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
exchange; conversion
to pull; to draw; to pull tight
price reduction; discount
to pull out; to take out; to draw out
absorption; suction; aspiration
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to carry on (a tradition); to continue
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
to pull up; to drag up; to lift up
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
to move (house); to change residence
shoplifting; shoplifter
reduction; cut
taking; accepting; receipt; collection
trigger (of a gun, etc.)
draw (in competition); tie game
to take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of; to assume responsibility for
bargaining; haggling
to be caught in; to be stuck in
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; person who has withdrawn from society
guidance; lead; acting as guide; giving assistance
tightening
reference; example; instance
to take into one's possession; to receive; to accept; to collect; to claim
to drag; to trail; to pull along the ground; to lug
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
lottery; drawn lot
index (in a book)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
tug of war
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to uproot
extension; prolongation
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to reduce; to cut
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes)
to pull apart; to separate
to attract; to draw near
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
subtraction
taking responsibility
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to tear to pieces
deduction; subtraction; balance
to draw back; to sink; to cave in
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to bring back; to restore
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
to stretch larger
after (deduction of) tax; after-tax (income or profits); excluding tax (of a price)
to discount; to reduce (the price); to take off (a percentage)
discount bond
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
dictionary
to have a cramp; to twitch; to spasm
(good) time to quit; (right) time to withdraw; time to pull out; time to retire; time to leave
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
returnee (esp. Japanese person repatriated to Japan proper from its former colonies after WWII); repatriate
handbook; manual; guide; primer
leaving work (office, school) early
Tokyo Stock Exchange; TSE
secret drawer; hidden drawer