引く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
引
ひ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "引く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 引く ひく [hìkú]
Imperative (命令形) 引け ひけ [hìké]
Key constructions
Passive 引かれる ひかれる [hìkárérú]
Causative 引かせる ひかせる [hìkásérú]
Potential 引ける ひける [hìkérú]
Volitional 引こう ひこ​ー [hìkóꜜò]
Negative 引かない ひかない [hìkánáí]
Negative perfective 引かなかった ひかな​かった [hìkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 引きます ひきま​す [hìkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 引いた ひいた [hìítá]
Conjunctive 引いて ひいて [hìíté]
Hypothetical conditional 引けば ひけ​ば [hìkéꜜbà]

Verb

引(ひ)く • (hiku) transitive or intransitive godan (stem 引(ひ)き (hiki), past 引(ひ)いた (hiita))

Japanese verb pair
active 引く
mediopassive 引ける
  1. (transitive) pull (something toward oneself)
  2. (transitive) pull (along); drag; drag along; bring along while going somewhere
  3. (transitive) bring (people) in; bring together
  4. (transitive) attract (someone's) attention
  5. (transitive) pull out; stretch; spread (something over a surface or a distance)
    線(せん)を引(ひ)く
    sen o hiku
    to draw a line
  6. (transitive) subtract; take away
    ６(ろく)から４(よん)を引(ひ)くと２(に)になる。
    Roku kara yon o hiku to ni ni naru.
    Subtract 4 from 6 and you get 2.
  7. (transitive) (of an illness) catch
    風(か)邪(ぜ)を引(ひ)いちゃった。
    Kaze o hiichatta.
    I caught a cold.
  8. (transitive) page through (a dictionary) to look up; look up
    知(し)らない単(たん)語(ご)は辞(じ)書(しょ)を引(ひ)いてください。
    Shiranai tango wa jisho o hīte kudasai.
    Please look up words you don't know in a dictionary.
  9. (intransitive) pull out; pull back; withdraw; retreat
    痛(いた)みが引(ひ)く
    itami ga hiku
    pain withdraws
  10. (intransitive) to draw away from a person; to find someone repulsive
    Synonym: なえる (naeru)
    あいつみたいな人(ひと)は引(ひ)くわ。
    Aitsu mitai na hito wa hiku wa.
    I'd totally stay far away from that kind of person.
    好(す)きな人(ひと)に引(ひ)かれた
    suki na hito ni hikareta
    got avoided by my crush

Conjugation
Conjugation of "引く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 引か ひか hika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 引き ひき hiki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 引く ひく hiku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 引く ひく hiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 引け ひけ hike
Meireikei ("imperative") 引け ひけ hike
Key constructions
Passive 引かれる ひかれる hikareru
Causative 引かせる
引かす		 ひかせる
ひかす		 hikaseru
hikasu
Potential 引ける ひける hikeru
Volitional 引こう ひこう hikō
Negative 引かない ひかない hikanai
Negative continuative 引かず ひかず hikazu
Formal 引きます ひきます hikimasu
Perfective 引いた ひいた hiita
Conjunctive 引いて ひいて hiite
Hypothetical conditional 引けば ひけば hikeba
Classical conjugation of "引く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 引かひかfika
Continuative (連用形) 引きひきfiki
Terminal (終止形) 引くひくfiku
Attributive (連体形) 引くひくfiku
Realis (已然形) 引けひけfike
Imperative (命令形) 引けひけfike
Key constructions
Negative 引かずひかずfikazu
Contrasting conjunction 引けどひけどfikedo
Causal conjunction 引けばひけばfikeba
Conditional conjunction 引かばひかばfikaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 引ききひききfikiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 引きけりひきけりfikikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 引きつひきつfikitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 引きぬひきぬfikinu
Perfect-continuative tense 引けり
引きたり		ひけり
ひきたり		fikeri
fikitari
Volitional 引かむひかむfikamu

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

Conjunction

引(ひ)く • (hiku) 

  1. (mathematics) minus (subtraction)
    １２(じゅうに)引(ひ)く６(ろく)は６(ろく)だ。
    Jūni hiku roku wa roku da.
    12 minus 6 is 6.

Coordinate terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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