引く(P);曳く;牽く [ひく] /(v5k,vt) (1) to pull/to tug/to lead (e.g. a horse)/(v5k,vt) (2) (See 惹く・ひく,注意を引く) to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.)/to attract (e.g. interest)/(v5k,vt) (3) to draw back (e.g. one's hand)/to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.)/to pull in/(v5k,vt) (4) to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)/(v5k,vt) (5) (See 図面を引く) to draw (a line, plan, etc.)/(v5k,vt) (6) (See 風邪を引く) to catch (a cold)/(v5k,vt) (7) (See 弾く・ひく) to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)/(v5k,vt) (8) (See 辞書を引く) to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.)/to consult/to check/(v5k,vt) (9) (esp. 牽く) to haul/to pull (vehicles)/(v5k,vt) (10) to subtract/to deduct/(v5k,vt) (11) to recede/to ebb/to fade/(v5k,vt) (12) to be descend from/to inherit (a characteristic)/(v5k,vt) (13) to quote/to cite/to raise (as evidence)/(v5k,vt) (14) to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.)/to install (e.g. a telephone)/to supply (e.g. water)/(v5k,vt) (15) to hold (e.g. a note)/(v5k,vt) (16) to apply (e.g. lipstick)/to oil (e.g. a pan)/to wax (e.g. a floor)/(v5k,vi) (17) (also written as 退く) to move back/to draw back/to recede/to fall back/to retreat/(v5k,vi) (18) (also written as 退く) to lessen/to subside/to ebb/to go down (e.g. of swelling)/(v5k,vi) (19) (also written as 退く) to resign/to retire/to quit/(P)/EntL1169250/