Search Terms: 牽*
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Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse)
3.
to draw back (e.g. one's hand), to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.), to pull in
4.
to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
5.
to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
See also:図面を引く
6.
to catch (a cold)
See also:風邪を引く
7.
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
See also:弾く (ひく)
8.
to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.), to consult, to check
See also:辞書を引く
9.
to haul, to pull (vehicles)(esp. 牽く)
10.
to subtract, to deduct
11.
to recede, to ebb, to fade
12.
to be descend from, to inherit (a characteristic)
13.
to quote, to cite, to raise (as evidence)
14.
to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.), to install (e.g. a telephone), to supply (e.g. water)
15.
to hold (e.g. a note)
16.
to apply (e.g. lipstick), to oil (e.g. a pan), to wax (e.g. a floor)
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
17.
to move back, to draw back, to recede
See also:退く (ひく)
18.
to lessen, to subside, to ebb
See also:退く (ひく)
19.
to resign, to retire, to quit
See also:退く (ひく)
Other readings:
曳く【ひく】
、牽く【ひく】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
traction, towing, hauling, pulling, drawing
2.
driving (e.g. economic growth)
Other readings:
けん引【けんいん】
noun
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noun
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no-adjective, noun, auxillary suru verb
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farfetched (argument, opinion), forced (sense, view), strained (interpretation), distorted(yojijukugo)
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
check, keeping in check, restraint, curbing, reining in, discouraging (from doing)
2.
containment (of enemy forces), diversionary action, feint operation, show of force
3.
Other readings:
けん制【けんせい】
noun
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pickoff attempt, throw to check a runner(baseball term)
Other readings:
けん制球【けんせいきゅう】
、けんせい球【けんせいきゅう】