The Japanese word for to pull is
引く
ひく - hiku
Japanese Definition
| pull | |
| 1. 動詞. 引く。 | |
| 2. 名詞. 引くこと。 |
Translations for pull and their definitions
| 引く | |
| 1. v. (ja-vp, 引く, 引ける) | |
| 2. v. pull (something toward oneself) | |
| 3. v. pull (along); drag; drag along; bring along while going somewhere | |
| 4. v. bring (people) in; bring together | |
| 5. v. attract (someone's) attention | |
| 6. v. pull out; stretch; spread (something over a surface or a distance) | |
| 線を引く - to draw a line | |
| 7. v. subtract; take away | |
| ６から４を引くと２になる。 - Subtract 4 from 6 and you get 2. | |
| 8. v. (of an illness) catch | |
| 風邪を引いちゃった。 - I caught a cold. | |
| 9. v. page through (a dictionary) to look up; look up | |
| 知らない単語は辞書を引いてください。 - Please look up words you don't know in a dictionary. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) pull out; pull back; withdraw; retreat | |
| 痛みが引く - pain withdraws | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) to draw away from a person; to find someone repulsive; to be turned off | |
| (synonyms, ja, なえる, tr=naeru) | |
| あいつみたいな人は引くわ。 - I'd totally stay far away from that kind of person. | |
| 好きな人に引かれた - got avoided by my crush | |
| 12. conj. (mathematics) minus (subtraction) | |
| １２引く６は６だ。 - 12 minus 6 is 6. |
| 引っ張る | |
| 1. v. pull, yank | |
| 袖を引っ張る - to tug someone's sleeve | |
| 2. v. string (cable), stretch (a rope over something) | |
| 3. v. drag, tow | |
| 4. v. bring someone in |
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