吸きゅう引いん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

suction; aspiration; absorption by suction

Used for drawing in air, liquid, dust, blood, etc. by suction; common in mechanical and medical contexts. As a verb, normally 吸引する takes the thing being sucked in as its object.

• 掃そう除じ機きで床ゆかのほこりを吸きゅう引いんする。

  I suck up the dust on the floor with a vacuum cleaner.

• 医い師しは手しゅ術じゅつ中ちゅうに血けつ液えきを吸きゅう引いんした。

  The doctor suctioned out blood during the operation.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

attraction; draw; pulling force

Refers to a force or appeal that draws something toward it. This sense is especially common in compounds and phrases such as 吸引力, and can be physical or figurative.

• 磁じ石しゃくには鉄てつを吸きゅう引いんする力ちからがある。

  A magnet has the power to attract iron.

• この小しょう説せつには読どく者しゃを引ひき込こむ強つよい吸きゅう引いん力りょくがある。

  This novel has a strong draw that pulls readers in.