引ひき渡わたす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

hand over; deliver; turn over

Used when transferring possession, custody, keys, documents, property, or an item to another person or organization. The recipient is commonly marked with に.

• 鍵かぎを新あたらしい入にゅう居きょ者しゃに引ひき渡わたした。

  I handed over the keys to the new tenant.

• 完かん成せいした建たて物ものを施せ主しゅに引ひき渡わたす。

  They hand over the completed building to the client.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

surrender; turn over to authorities; extradite

A legal or official use for handing a person over to police, authorities, or another country; includes the English sense of extraditing a suspect or criminal.

• 警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃを検けん察さつに引ひき渡わたした。

  The police turned the suspect over to the prosecutors.

• 政せい府ふは逃とう亡ぼう犯はんを隣りん国ごくに引ひき渡わたすことを決きめた。

  The government decided to extradite the fugitive to the neighboring country.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

stretch across; run across; span

Less common physical use: to extend or stretch something such as a rope from one side to another. In everyday Japanese, 張る or 張り渡す may be more common depending on the object.

• 二に本ほんの柱はしらの間あいだに綱つなを引ひき渡わたした。

  They stretched a rope between the two posts.