godan verb (v5k, vt, vi) · N5
引くhiku
to pull
- to tug
- to leade.g. a horse
- to drawattention, sympathy, etc.
Remember it
Connect the sound to "hook". Picture a hook pulling or playing the idea in a scene for "to pull" so the sound points straight back to the meaning.
Forms
Non-past affirmative | Past affirmative | Non-past negative | Past negative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal plain form | 引く | 引いた | 引かない | 引かなかった |
Formal -masu base | 引きます | 引きました | 引きません | 引きませんでした |
te-form
引いて
connector — “… and then”
Godan verb — the final kana shifts depending on the form.
Learning status
learning
Recognition2 / 5
Recall2 / 5
Reading2 / 5