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引く

hi-ku

In Japanese you pull a cold toward you

The picture You pull something from over there toward yourself. Pulling can bring it in, or pull it away from a total.

Core verbs

Where the picture shows up in 引く

  1. Pulling it toward you

    このドアは引いて開けます。

    kono doa wa hiite ake-masu

    You pull this door to open it.

  2. Pulling something bad into you

    風邪を引いてしまいました。

    kaze o hiite shimai-mashita

    I have caught a cold.

    The picture is you pulling the cold over to your side.

  3. Pulling it off the price

    十パーセント引きますね。

    jup-pāsento hiki-masu ne

    I will take ten percent off for you.

  4. Pulling a word out of a book

    辞書を引いて調べます。

    jisho o hiite shirabe-masu

    I look it up in the dictionary.

    Not searching but pulling the word you need out of the book.

  5. Receding like water

    熱が引くまで休んでください。

    netsu ga hiku made yasunde kudasai

    Rest until the fever goes down.

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