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引く, 曳く, 牽く
JLPT 5

Kana Reading
ひく
Word Senses
- Parts of speech
  
  Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb, transitive verb
  
  Meaning
  
  to pull
  
  Example sentence
  
  ひょんなことからほんとうのことがわかったんだ、ほとんど手を引きかけたときに。 I tumbled on the truth by the merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.)
  
  Example sentence
  
  かつてはロードローラーは馬が曳いていたが、蒸気機関の発明により、スチームローラーが現れた。 Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to draw back
  
  Example sentence
  
  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?
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to draw (a card)
  
  Example sentence
  
  「確かにそこまで美人だと逆に引いちゃいますね」「でしょう」 Certainly if someone is _that_ beautiful you'd draw back from approaching her. "Thought you'd agree."
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to draw (plan, line, etc.)
  
  Example sentence
  
  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!
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to catch (cold)
  
  Example sentence
  
  彗星は運行しながら後ろに光の尾を引く。 The comet leaves a trail of light behind it as it moves.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to play (string instr.)
  
  Example sentence
  
  必要のない語はどれでも線を引いて消さねばならない。 You should cross out any word you don't need.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult
  
  Example sentence
  
  鼻風邪をひきました。 I have a head cold.
- Parts of speech
  
  Godan verb with `ku' ending, transitive verb
  
  Meaning
  
  to haul; to pull (vehicles)
  
  Example sentence
  
  彼女は窓からステッカーを引き剥がした。 She tore away the stickers from the window.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to subtract
  
  Example sentence
  
  彼女は自分のベッドにシーツを引いた。 She put sheets on her bed.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to ebb; to fade
  
  Example sentence
  
  彼女は戸を引いて開けた。 She pulled the door open.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic)
  
  Example sentence
  
  彼女は近所の全ての若者の心を引いた。 She attracted all the young men in the neighborhood.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to quote; to raise (as evidence)
  
  Example sentence
  
  彼女はもう少しで車に引かれる所だった。 She came near being run over.
- Parts of speech
  
  Meaning
  
  to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)
  
  Example sentence
  
  彼女はピアノが上手に引ける。 She can play the piano well.
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Reading and JLPT level

千
JLPT 5

Kana Reading
せん, ち
Word Senses
- Parts of speech
  
  numeric
  
  Meaning
  
  1,000; thousand
  
  Example sentence
  
  それは五千人の兵員を擁する大部隊なのです。 That is a large force with 5,000 soldiers.
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Reading and JLPT level

鉛筆
JLPT 5

Kana Reading
えんぴつ
Word Senses
- Parts of speech
  
  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  
  Meaning
  
  pencil
  
  Example sentence
  
  赤鉛筆を忘れた子どもには、きちんと借りに来させた。 I made sure that children who'd forgotten their red pencil came to borrow one.
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鉛 JLPT 1

13 strokes

lead

On'Yomi: エン

Kun'Yomi: なまり

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粁

9 strokes

kilometer, (kokuji)

On'Yomi:

Kun'Yomi: キロメートル

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牽

11 strokes

pull, tug, drag, lead by hand

On'Yomi: ケン

Kun'Yomi: ひ.く

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