- to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
- to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)see also and
- to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
- to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
- to draw (a line, plan, etc.)see also
- to catch (a cold)see also
- to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)see also
- to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.); to consult; to checksee also
- to haul; to pull (vehicles)esp. 牽く
- to subtract; to deduct
- to recede; to ebb; to fade
- to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
- to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
- to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
- to hold (e.g. a note)
- to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)
- to move back; to draw back; to recedesee also
- to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)see also
- to resign; to retire; to quitsee also
Godan verb with 'ku' ending; transitive verb
Godan verb with 'ku' ending; intransitive verb
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I tumbled on the truth by the merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job.
Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.
"Certainly if someone is _that_ beautiful you'd draw back from approaching her." "Thought you'd agree."
The 48-year-old Ryouichi Kawakatsu took over as coach at Fukuoka in June this year, but his fate is closely linked with that of 46-year-old Matsuda.