shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
transactions; dealings; business
decorative Japanese cord made from twisted paper; Antenoron filiforme; Polygonum filiforme
ceramics technique using white clay underneath a transparent glaze
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
scar; spasm; twitch; cramp
febrile seizure; febrile convulsions
train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion
draw (in competition); tie game
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
moment to quit; way to quit
touting; soliciting; luring; tout; barker; pander
taking; accepting; receipt; leaving; departure; withdrawal
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
tug of war; forward puller (of a rickshaw)
something so heavy it must be pulled by a thousand men; pulling with strength of a thousand people
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
knob; handle; catch; patron
continuously; continually; without a break; next; then; after that
extension; prolongation; enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)
tow rope; dog lead; bell rope; lanyard; sash cord
catching a cold; person with a cold
(good) time to quit; (right) time to withdraw; time to pull out; time to retire; time to leave
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
incessantly; continuously; continually; unceasingly; without a break
ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries; horse led by a rope
(physically) pushing and pulling; back-and-forth (in a negotiation, contest, etc.); push-pull (manual zoom or focus mechanism on a lens); weighing whether to attack or defend (with one's hand); haggling (over price); bargaining
taking someone around; guidance; (arch.) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
announcement flier (e.g. sale at a shop); raffle ticket; lottery ticket; hikifuda (type of playing cards numbered 1-6, used by the bank in tehonbiki); kurifuda
line-marking machine; line marker
backwash; rip current; stern wave; drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest)
(railway) siding; service line; service wire
draw curtain; stage curtain
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
guarantor; acceptor (e.g. promissory note); underwriter (e.g. stock issue)
rickshaw puller; rickshawman
gossip; tattletale; scandal-monger; night watchman
stretching out a string; stretching out like a string; silk reeling; silk spinning; pulling someone's strings; appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
after (deduction of) tax; after-tax (income or profits); excluding tax (of a price)
favor; favour; patronage; support; backing; recommendation
gift; souvenir; curtain; handle (on a fusuma or shoji door)
catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve
drawstring; release cord; lead (e.g. for a dog)
hotel or lodging house tout
retractable (e.g. tape measure, landing gear)
long, thin-bladed knife used for sashimi preparation
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat in the New Year)
building relocation (without disassembly); house relocation
knitting using multiple strands of yarn as one
hikihaku; traditional weaving technique with precious metallic threads
non-refundable restoration fee (when moving out of a property); money withheld from a deposit
hired thief taker (Edo period); private secret policeman; private detective