Meaning of 引き抜く in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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引き抜く, 引抜く, 引きぬく
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Kana Readingひきぬく
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Romajihikinuku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ku` ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to extract; to uproot; to pull out
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to headhunt; to lure away
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Example Sentences
引き抜く, 引抜く, 引きぬく, ひきぬく used in context
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He was poached by a rival company.
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The dentist pulled out her bad tooth.
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The dentist pulled out my decayed tooth by force.
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Pull the plant up by the roots.
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その後、カードを引き抜いた（空気はまったく入っていないので水は漏れない。グラスの縁はぴったりテーブルに接しているから）。
Then I slipped out the card (no water leaks out because no air can come in - the rim is too close to the table for that).
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Kanji found in this word
slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit
On: バツ, ハツ, ハイ
Kun: ぬ.く, -ぬ.く, ぬ.き, ぬ.ける, ぬ.かす, ぬ.かる
7 strokes
pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
On: イン
Kun: ひ.く, ひ.き, ひ.き-, -び.き, ひ.ける
4 strokes
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