Definition of ひきつ
- (v5k, vi, vt) to pull
カーテンがゆっくり引かれた。
The curtains were drawn slowly. - to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.)
あなたの興味を引くような本を読みなさい。
Read such books as interest you. - to draw back
あんな本みたらフツーの女は引くもんな!
Obviously a normal woman would lose interest if she saw a book like that! - to draw (a card)
あなたの引いたカードは赤のマークですね。
The card you drew was a red, wasn't it? - to draw (plan, line, etc.)
AからBまで線をひきなさい。
Draw a line from A to B. - to catch (cold)
悪い風邪をひいていて、さらに悪いことには、雪が降ってきました。
I had a bad cold, and to make matters worse, it began snowing. - to play (string instr.)
ジョンはギターを引くことができません。
John can't play the guitar. - to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult
その単語を辞書でひいてごらん。
Look up the word in your dictionary. - (v5k, vt) to haul; to pull (vehicles)
私は馬が荷車を引いているのを見た。
I saw a horse pulling a cart. - to subtract
- to ebb; to fade
- to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic)
- to quote; to raise (as evidence)
できるだけ英語から例をひこう。
Insofar as possible, our examples will be drawn from English. - to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)
- (v5k) to attract; to captivate
顧客を惹きつけるようなサイトを作りたいと思っています。
I want to build my corporate site to attract customers.
- (ctr) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.)