- 1. [exp, v5k] to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
- 2. [exp, v5k] to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
Kanji in this word
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糸
threadOn: シ (shi)Kun: いと (ito)
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引
pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer toOn: イン (in)Kun: ひ.く (hi.ku)、 ひ.ける (hi.keru)
Example Sentences
この事件はだれかが糸を引いているに違いない。
Somebody must be at the bottom of this affair.
あの会社との取り引きは父の代から糸を引くように切れない。
Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father's generation.