shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
transactions; dealings; business
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
scar; spasm; twitch; cramp
train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
draw (in competition); tie game
argument (e.g. function, program, programme)
moment to quit; way to quit
touting; tout; barker; pander
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
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)
ornately decorated horse used in processions of dignitaries; horse led by a rope
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
catching a cold; person with a cold
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
incessantly; continuously; continually; unceasingly; without a break
taking someone around; guidance; (arch.) parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
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
draw curtain; stage curtain
backwash; rip current; stern wave; drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest)
line-marking machine; line marker
(railway) siding; service line; service wire
rickshaw puller; rickshawman
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
guarantor; acceptor (e.g. promissory note); underwriter (e.g. stock issue)
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)
gift; souvenir; curtain; handle (on a fusuma or shoji door)
favor; favour; patronage; support; backing; recommendation
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
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)
long, thin-bladed knife used for sashimi preparation
retractable (e.g. tape measure, landing gear)
knitting using multiple strands of yarn as one
building relocation (without disassembly); house relocation
hired thief taker (Edo period); private secret policeman; private detective