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糸
いと
を
引
ひ
く
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, く)
1. to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
2. to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
Kanji used
糸
thread
引
pull
Top 14000
Conjugations...
Used in: 921
Composed of
糸
いと
thread; yarn; string
引
ひ
く
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
陰
かげ
で
糸
いと
を
引
ひ
く
to pull wires; to pull strings
Examples (2 in total)
裏
うら
で
糸
いと
を
引
ひ
いてる
のは
誰
だれ
なんだ?
Who's pulling the strings behind the scenes?
あの
会
かい
社
しゃ
との
取
と
り
引
ひ
きは
父
ちち
の
代
だい
から
糸
いと
を
引
ひ
く
ように
切
き
れない。
Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father's generation.