引ひく

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

attract; draw (attention, interest)

Metaphorical pulling: drawing attention, interest, or sympathy. Often used with 注意, 関心, 同情. Also written as 惹く.

See also: 注意を引く

• その広こう告こくは消しょう費ひ者しゃの注ちゅう意いを引ひいた。

  The advertisement attracted consumers' attention.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

pull back; draw in (hand, chin, stomach)

Pulling a body part inward or backward, such as retracting one's hand or sucking in one's stomach.

• 熱あつい鍋なべに触ふれて、思おもわず手てを引ひいた。

  I touched the hot pot and instinctively pulled my hand back.

• 写しゃ真しんを撮とるときは、お腹なかを引ひいてください。

  Please pull in your stomach when taking the photo.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

draw (a card, tile)

Drawing a card from a deck, a mahjong tile, or similar game piece.

• トランプを一いち枚まい引ひいてください。

  Please draw one card.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

draw (a line, plan)

Drawing a line, diagram, or plan. Common with 線, 図面, 設計図.

See also: 図面を引く

• 定じょう規ぎでまっすぐな線せんを引ひいた。

  I drew a straight line with a ruler.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

catch (a cold)

Used almost exclusively with 風邪 (cold).

See also: 風邪を引く

• 昨日きのう、風邪かぜを引ひいてしまった。

  I caught a cold yesterday.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

play (stringed or keyboard instrument)

Usually written as 弾く. Used for instruments like piano, guitar, violin.

• 彼かの女じょは琴ことを静しずかに引ひく。

  She quietly plays the koto.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

look up; consult (dictionary, reference)

Looking up information in a dictionary, phone book, or other reference.

See also: 辞書を引く

• 知しらない単たん語ごを辞じ書しょで引ひいた。

  I looked up the unknown word in the dictionary.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

haul; tow (vehicles)

Pulling or towing vehicles or heavy loads. Especially written as 牽く.

• トラックが故こ障しょう車しゃを牽ひいて移い動どうした。

  The truck towed the broken-down car.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

subtract; deduct

Mathematical subtraction or deducting an amount.

• 10から3を引ひくと7になる。

  Subtract 3 from 10 and you get 7.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

recede; ebb; fade

Intransitive: water receding, tide ebbing, color fading. Often written as 退く.

• 洪こう水ずいの水みずがようやく引ひいた。

  The floodwaters finally receded.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

be descended from; inherit (a trait)

Used for lineage or inheriting a characteristic. Often in the pattern ～の血を引く.

• 彼かれは有ゆう名めいな画が家かの血ちを引ひいている。

  He is descended from a famous painter.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

quote; cite; raise (as evidence)

Citing a source, quoting a passage, or raising something as evidence.

• レポートに統とう計けいデータを引ひいて説せつ明めいした。

  I explained by citing statistical data in the report.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

install (utility); lay on (electricity, gas); supply (water)

Installing or connecting utilities such as electricity, gas, water, or telephone lines.

• 新しん居きょにガスを引ひいてもらった。

  I had gas installed in my new house.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

hold (a note)

Sustaining a musical note.

• 歌か手しゅは最さい後ごの音おとを長ながく引ひいた。

  The singer held the last note for a long time.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

apply (lipstick, oil, wax)

Applying a thin layer of something onto a surface, such as lipstick, oil, or wax.

• フライパンに油あぶらを引ひいてから肉にくを焼やく。

  I oil the pan before cooking the meat.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

move back; retreat; fall back

Intransitive: physically moving backward or retreating. Also written as 退く.

• 敵てきが攻こう撃げきを受うけて後うしろに引ひいた。

  The enemy fell back under attack.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

lessen; subside; go down (swelling)

Intransitive: swelling going down, pain subsiding, fever lessening. Also written as 退く.

• 腫はれが引ひくまで冷ひやしてください。

  Please keep it cool until the swelling goes down.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

resign; retire; quit

Intransitive: stepping down from a position or retiring. Also written as 退く.

• 社しゃ長ちょうが責せき任にんを取とって引ひいた。

  The president took responsibility and resigned.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

be put off; recoil; cringe

Colloquial intransitive: being turned off or disgusted by someone's words or behavior; recoiling emotionally.

• 彼かれの失しつ礼れいな態たい度どに引ひいてしまった。

  I was put off by his rude attitude.