Definition of ひこうそてき
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(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)
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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)
- (n) cormorant
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(v5r, vt) to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
それがいつだったか日を繰って確かめた。
I counted the days to see when it had happened. - to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
- to count (e.g. the days)
- to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
- (aux) to be (auxiliary used in place of "aru" after "de" or "ni" when forming a copula); to do (auxiliary used in place of "-masu" after a -masu stem)
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(n) hand; arm
こちらに来るように手で合図した。
I made motions at him to come here with my hand. - forepaw; foreleg
- handle
- hand; worker; help
- trouble; care; effort
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means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
いい手を思いついた。
I hit upon a good idea. - hand; handwriting
- kind; type; sort
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one's hands; one's possession
本は現在誰の手にも入る。
Books are now within the reach of everybody. -
ability to cope
あいつらには手が負えない。
They are out of hand. -
hand (of cards)
いい手が配られた。
I was dealt a good hand. - direction
- (n, n-suf, ctr) move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- (n) sandbank; sandbar
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(n) nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
ミツバチは、においのサンプルを巣に持ち帰ることによって食糧のありかを伝える。
Bees communicate the location of food by carrying odor samples back to the hive. - den
- haunt
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(spider's) web
クモはいつも自分たちの巣を3次元に織る。
Spiders always weave their webs in three dimensions.
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(vk, vi, aux-v) to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
10時までに来ます。
I'll come by 10. -
to come back; to do ... and come back
私の父は私に、ぜひそこを見てくるようにといった。
My father insisted that I should go to see the place. - to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
- (vk, vi) to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
- to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
- (n) fourth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Hare, 5am-7am, east, February)
- (n) rickets
- someone suffering from rickets
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(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.
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(vs-c) to do (literary form of suru)
あなたのためなら喜んでどんなことでもします。
I am ready to do anything for you.
- (ctr) counter for buildings, etc.
- (n) pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
- (n) fifth degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
- (n) pore
- blowhole
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(suf) honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
その子は母親に甘えた。
The child played the baby to his mother.
- (n) mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)