JLPT N5 vocabulary
引く: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
ひく0Heiban · flat
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to pull
- to draw (attention, etc.), attract (interest, etc.)
- to draw back
- to draw (a card)
- to draw (a plan, line, etc.)
- to catch (a cold)
- to play (a string instrument)
- to look up (e.g. in a dictionary), consult
- to haul, pull (vehicles)
- to subtract
- to ebb, fade
- to descend from, inherit (a characteristic)
- to quote, raise (as evidence)
- to lay, draw (a cable)

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 引く | 引 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 引 | 引 |
| Polite presentます形 | 引 | 引 |
| Polite pastました形 | 引 | 引 |
| Te-formて形 | 引 | 引 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 引 | 引 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 引 | 引 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 引 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 引 | 引 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 引 | 引く |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 引 | 引 |
| Passive受身形 | 引 | 引 |
| Make / let使役形 | 引 | 引 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 引 | 引 |