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.
Where the picture shows up in 引く
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.