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JAPANESE VERB

ひく

引く

to pull, of a fish on the line

  • #273 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI pull
NegativeI don’t pull

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI pulled
NegativeI didn’t pull

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formpulling, and…
Doing now (て います)I am pulling
Please (て ください)please pull

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can pull
NegativeI can’t pull

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to pull
NegativeI don’t want to pull

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s pull

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I pull
  2. If, when (たら) if I pull

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) pull (do it)
  2. Plain command pull!
  3. Please don’t please don’t pull

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am pulled
CausativeI make someone pull

How to use ひく

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    この ドア は おさないで、 ひきます。

    This door you pull, not push.

  2. Past

    ベン は ちから いっぱい つりざお を ひいた。

    Ben pulled the fishing rod with all his strength.

  3. Te-form

    この ひも を ひいて ください。

    Please pull this cord.

  4. Potential

    おもすぎて、 ひとり で は ひけません。

    It's too heavy, I can't pull it alone.

  5. Want to

    あの おおきな さかな を、 じぶん で ひきたい。

    I want to pull that big fish in myself.

  6. Volitional

    ふたり で いっしょ に ひこう。 せーの！

    Let's pull together. One, two!

  7. Conditional

    つよく ひけば、 いと が きれる よ。

    If you pull hard, the line will snap.

  8. Commands and requests

    さかな が かかった。 いま、 ひきなさい！

    The fish is on. Pull, now!

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に うで を ひかれて、 ころびそう に なった。

    A child pulled my arm and I nearly fell.

Good to know

  • ひく is also to catch a cold (かぜ を ひく), to look a word up (じしょ を ひく) and to play the piano or guitar (ピアノ を ひく).

Where you hear ひく

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • この さかな は、 つよく ひく。 This fish pulls hard.
  • さお を つよく ひいた。 I pulled hard on the rod.
  • もう すぐ ひく よ。 One will bite any moment now.
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Fishing

Intermediate Level 2 · ひいてる

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).