曳く[hiku] to pull
曳火弾[eikadan] tracer bullet
曳光弾[eikoudan] tracer bullet
曳航[eikou] towing (a ship)
曳子[hikiko] jinrikisha puller

綱曳き[tsunahiki] tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
曳き船[hikifune] tugboat
媾曳き[aibiki] (lover's) date
曳曳[eiei] heaving
曳網[hikiami] dragnet

虻蜂取らず[abuhachitorazu] attempting two tasks simultaneously, accomplishing neither
花虻[hanaabu] hoverfly (any fly of family Syrphidae)
盲虻[mekuraabu] deerfly (Chrysops suavis)
馬虻[umaabu] horse botfly
食虫虻[mushihikiabu] robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)

長吻虻[tsuriabu] bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)
牛虻[ushiabu] Tabanus trigonus (species of horsefly)
赤牛虻[akaushiabu] Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
水虻[mizuabu] soldier fly (any fly of family Stratiomyidae, esp. species Stratiomys japonica)