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引ける · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	引ひける	引ひけない
Polite	引ひけます	引ひけません
Past polite	引ひけました	引ひけませんでした
Past	引ひけた	引ひけなかった
Te-form	引ひけて	引ひけないで
Desire	引ひけたい	引ひけたくない
Potential	引ひけられるalso 引ひけれる	引ひけられないalso 引ひけれない
Passive	引ひけられる	引ひけられない
Causative	引ひけさせる	引ひけさせない
Causative passive	引ひけさせられる	引ひけさせられない
Volitional	引ひけよう
Polite volitional	引ひけましょう
Imperative	引ひけろ	引ひけるな
Conditional	引ひければ	引ひけなければ
Tara conditional	引ひけたら	引ひけなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

close; be over; break up

Used for shops, events, or school sessions ending for the day. Often appears as 店が引ける, 学校が引ける.

もうすぐ店みせが引ひける時じ間かんだ。
It's almost time for the shop to close.
学がっ校こうが引ひけたらすぐに帰かえってきなさい。
Come straight home when school is over.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

lose one's nerve; feel daunted

Almost always used in the set phrase 気が引ける, meaning to feel hesitant, self-conscious, or unable to act freely.

See also: 気が引ける (きがひける)

みんなの前まえで話はなすのは気きが引ひける。
I feel daunted about speaking in front of everyone.
彼かれに頼たのみごとをするのは気きが引ひける。
I feel hesitant to ask him a favor.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が引ひけるfor a place like a school or shop to close/let out for the day
学がっ校こうが引ひけたら、みんなで公こう園えんに行いった。
When school let out, we all went to the park together.
〈時とき〉に引ひけるto close/finish at a particular time
その店みせは夜よる九く時じに引ひける。
That shop closes at nine at night.

Expressions

気きが引ひけるfeel awkward; feel shy; feel hesitant
引ひけを取とるbe inferior; be outdone; compare unfavorably
腰こしが引ひけるget cold feet; back away; withdraw
後あとに引ひけないunable to back out; can't withdraw; can't stop now
引ひけを取とらないnot inferior to; as good as; comparable to
金かねの鎖くさりも引ひけば切きれるeven the strong-willed fall into temptation · there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk

Related words

閉しまるN5sense 1
閉まる is the general verb for something closing (a door, lid, or shop), while 引ける is used specifically for a shop, school, or event ending for the day.
ひるむN1sense 2
怯む describes flinching or losing courage in a moment of fear, while 引ける (as in 気が引ける) describes a milder, more self-conscious hesitation about doing something.
終おわるN5sense 1
終わる means simply 'to end,' while 引ける adds the nuance of a scheduled dismissal or closing time, often with people dispersing.

Opposites

開あくN4sense 1
開く means a shop or facility opens, the opposite of 引ける, which means it closes or lets out for the day.

Don't confuse with

引ひくN5
引く means 'to pull' and is a common everyday verb, whereas 引ける (a different, less common verb) means 'to close for the day' or, in 気が引ける, 'to feel hesitant.'

Word family· 9

引ひけ
close of business; leaving time; retiring · being outdone; compare unfavorably · closing price (stock market) · sink mark; shrink mark (casting, molding)
大おお引びけ
closing of a market; end of a trading session · closing price
引ひけ目めN1
sense of inferiority; feeling of being at a disadvantage
引ひけ値ね
closing price; closing quotation
引ひけ時どき
closing time; time to leave

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引ひけ際ぎわ
closing time; time to leave
早はや引びけ
leaving early; early departure from work or school
引ひけ相そう場ば
closing price; closing quotation
高たか値ね引びけ
closing at a high price; closing higher

Written forms

引ひけるUsage78%
Standard kanji spelling for both senses.
ひけるUsage22%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for the idiomatic 気が引ける.

Etymology

The verb 引ける is the intransitive counterpart of 引く (to pull). The sense of 'closing' likely derives from pulling down shutters or curtains at the end of the day. The idiomatic 気が引ける uses 引ける in the sense of 'being pulled back' emotionally.