引ひきずる

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引きずる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	引ひきずる	引ひきずらない
Polite	引ひきずります	引ひきずりません
Past polite	引ひきずりました	引ひきずりませんでした
Past	引ひきずった	引ひきずらなかった
Te-form	引ひきずって	引ひきずらないで
Desire	引ひきずりたい	引ひきずりたくない
Potential	引ひきずれる	引ひきずれない
Passive	引ひきずられる	引ひきずられない
Causative	引ひきずらせる	引ひきずらせない
Causative passive	引ひきずらせられるalso 引ひきずらされる	引ひきずらせられないalso 引ひきずらされない
Volitional	引ひきずろう
Polite volitional	引ひきずりましょう
Imperative	引ひきずれ	引ひきずるな
Conditional	引ひきずれば	引ひきずらなければ
Tara conditional	引ひきずったら	引ひきずらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

drag; trail; pull along the ground

Physical action of pulling something along a surface, often with difficulty or leaving a mark.

重おもいスーツケースを引ひきずって駅えきまで歩あるいた。
I dragged the heavy suitcase to the station.
犬いぬがリードを引ひきずりながら歩あるいている。
The dog is walking while dragging its leash.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

drag along; force to come

Forcing a reluctant person to go somewhere, often physically or through strong persuasion.

友とも達だちを引ひきずってカラオケに行いった。
I dragged my friend to karaoke.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

prolong; drag out

Extending a situation, conversation, or task longer than necessary, often with a negative connotation.

会かい議ぎを引ひきずってしまい、終おわったのは夜よる遅おそくだった。
We dragged out the meeting and it ended late at night.
嫌いやな気き分ぶんを翌よく日じつまで引ひきずった。
I dragged the bad feeling into the next day.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

be influenced; be swayed; be drawn in

Usually used in the passive form 引きずられる to indicate being strongly influenced or tempted by someone or something, often against one's better judgment.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を引ひきずるto drag an object along the ground
彼かれは重おもいスーツケースを引ひきずって歩あるいた。
He walked while dragging his heavy suitcase.
〈人ひと〉を引ひきずって〈場ば所しょ〉へ行いくto drag a reluctant person along to a place
母ははは嫌いやがる弟おとうとを引ひきずって病びょう院いんへ連つれて行いった。
My mother dragged my reluctant brother off to the hospital.
〈事こと〉を引ひきずるto drag out or keep being affected by a past matter
彼かれはいつまでも失しつ恋れんを引ひきずっている。
He's still hung up on his breakup, even after all this time.
〈人ひと〉に引ひきずられるto be swayed or drawn along by someone's influence
彼かれは友とも達だちの意い見けんに引ひきずられて決けつ断だんした。
He made his decision, swayed by his friend's opinion.

Expressions

足あしを引ひきずるlimp; drag one's feet

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
摺rub, fold, print (on cloth)

Related words

引ひっ張ぱるN3sense 1
引っ張る is the general word for 'pull' (often toward oneself), while 引きずる specifically implies dragging something along a surface or forcing reluctant movement.
ずる
引きずる is the standard compound verb for dragging something along, while ずる is a casual, dialectal-sounding standalone verb used the same way.

Don't confuse with

引ひきずり
引きずる is the verb meaning 'to drag,' while 引きずり is the noun derived from it referring to the trailing part of a garment or a fashion-obsessed woman.

Word family

引ひきずり
train of a dress; trailing skirt · fashion-obsessed woman; woman who only thinks about clothes
引ひきずり出だす
drag out; pull out
お引ひきずり
train of a dress; trailing skirt · fashion-obsessed woman who doesn't work
引ひきずり降おろす
drag down; pull down · force out; oust

Written forms

引ひきずるUsage76%
Standard common kanji spelling.
ひきずるUsage21%
Kana spelling is acceptable, especially in casual writing.
引ひき摺ずるUsage4%
Rare variant using 摺; not commonly used.
引ひき摺ずるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form

Etymology

Compound of 引き (hiki, continuative form of 引く 'pull') + 擦る (suru, 'rub, chafe'). The kanji 摺 is a rare variant of 擦. The meaning extended from physical dragging to metaphorical dragging (prolonging, influencing).