引く

Meaning

1. v5kvt
   to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
2. v5kvt
   to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
3. v5kvt
   to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
4. v5kvt
   to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
5. v5kvt
   to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
6. v5kvt
   to catch (a cold)
7. v5kvt
   to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
8. v5kvt
   to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.); to consult; to check
9. v5kvt
   to haul; to pull (vehicles)
10. v5kvt
    to subtract; to deduct
11. v5kvt
    to recede; to ebb; to fade
12. v5kvt
    to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
13. v5kvt
    to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
14. v5kvt
    to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
15. v5kvt
    to hold (e.g. a note)
16. v5kvt
    to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)
17. v5kvi
    to move back; to draw back; to recede; to fall back; to retreat
18. v5kvi
    to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)
19. v5kvi
    to resign; to retire; to quit
20. v5kvi
    to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour); to be turned off; to recoil (in disgust, etc.); to cringe

Example sentences

• ひょんなことからほんとうのことがわかったんだ、ほとんど手を引きかけたときに。

  I tumbled on the truth by the merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job.

• かつてはロードローラーは馬が曳いていたが、蒸気機関の発明により、スチームローラーが現れた。

  Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.

• あなたの引いたカードは赤のマークですね。

  The card you drew was a red, wasn't it?