Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
2. to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
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.)
6. to catch (a cold)
7. to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
8. to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.); to consult; to check
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)
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
17. to move back; to draw back; to recede
18. to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)
19. to resign; to retire; to quit
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (51 in total)
to catch a cold
to catch a cold
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
Examples (19 in total)
Draw a straight line.
The curtains were drawn slowly.
She can play the piano well.
She pulled the curtain aside.
Tom pulled the door closed.
I stayed at home because I had a cold.
A submarine cable was laid between the two countries.
We're very attracted to the country life.
I looked up the words in my dictionary.
I saw a horse pulling a cart.
She played that tune on her grand piano.
The writer was descended from the Greek royal family.
How many days will it take until the swelling goes down?
The nurse substituted for the doctor who had caught a terrible cold.
92 minus 9 is 83.
Subtract three from eight and you get five.
Subtract three from that number.
She pulled the door open.
He drew some vertical lines on the paper.