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Transitive verb
to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
Transitive verb; Also written as 惹く
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
Transitive verb
to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
Transitive verb
to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
Transitive verb
to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
Transitive verb
to catch (a cold)
Transitive verb; Usu. written as 弾く
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
Transitive verb
to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.); to consult; to check
Transitive verb; Esp. 牽く
to haul; to pull (vehicles)
Transitive verb
to subtract; to deduct
Transitive verb
to recede; to ebb; to fade
Transitive verb
to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
Transitive verb
to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
Transitive verb
to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
Transitive verb
to hold (e.g. a note)
Transitive verb
to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)
Intransitive verb; Also written as 退く
to move back; to draw back; to recede; to fall back; to retreat
Intransitive verb; Also written as 退く
to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)
Intransitive verb; Also written as 退く
to resign; to retire; to quit
Colloquial; Intransitive verb
to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour); to be turned off; to recoil (in disgust, etc.); to cringe
check; keeping in check; restraint; curbing; reining in; discouraging (from doing)
containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; feint operation; show of force
Baseball
pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
traction; towing; hauling; pulling; drawing
driving (e.g. economic growth)
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
Abbreviation; Astronomy
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
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