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引く, 曳く, 牽く, ひく
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse)
See 惹く・ひく, See 注意を引く
2. to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.), to attract (e.g. interest)
3. to draw back (e.g. one's hand), to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.), to pull in
4. to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
See 図面を引く
5. to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
低い, ひくい
Antonym: 高い・1, Antonym: 高い・2
1. low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)
2. low (position), close to the ground
3. short (height)
4. deep (voice), in a low key, low (volume)
ひと, 人, ヒト
1. man, person
2. human being, mankind, people
Usually in kana
3. human (Homo sapiens), humans as a species
4. character, personality
5. man of talent, true man
一つ, １つ, 一, ひとつ
Numeric
1. one
often used in itemized lists
2. for one thing
after a noun
3. only
with a verb in negative form
4. (not) even
Adverbial noun
5. just (e.g. "just try it")
ひとり, 一人, １人, 独り, いちにん
esp. 一人, １人
1. one person
Only ひとり, See 一人で
2. being alone, being by oneself
esp. 独り
3. being single, being unmarried
Adverb
4. by oneself, alone
Usually in kana, with neg. sentence
5. just, only, simply
暇, 閑, 遑, ひま, いとま, ヒマ
NA-adjective
1. spare time, free time, leisure
Only ひま, Only ヒマ
2. time (e.g. time it takes to do something)
3. time off, day off, vacation, holiday, leave
4. quitting (one's job), firing someone, divorcing (one's spouse)
5. (being) inactive, (of one's business) slow
病気, びょうき
May take 'no', Takes suru
1. illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. colds), disease, sickness
2. weirdness, bad habit, bad behaviour, craziness, perversion
吹く, ふく
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to blow (of the wind)
Transitive
2. to blow (one's breath), to breathe out, to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.), to puff
3. to play (a wind instrument), to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.), to whistle (a tune)
See 噴く
4. to emit (smoke, fire, etc.), to spout, to spew, to puff out
5. to sprout, to put forth (buds)
服, ふく
Noun, used as a suffix
1. clothes (esp. Western clothes)
Suffix, Counter, See 一服
2. counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
太い, ふとい
1. fat, thick
2. deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous
3. daring, shameless, brazen, audacious
降る, ふる
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down
2. to form (of frost)
3. to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in
4. to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive
古い, 故い, 旧い, ふるい
of things, not people
1. old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn
2. long, since long ago, time-honored
3. of the distant past, long-ago
4. stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny
5. old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date
文章, ぶんしょう, もんじょう, もんぞう
1. writing, composition, essay, article, prose, (writing) style
See 文・ぶん・1
2. sentence
下手, へた, ヘタ
NA-adjective, Antonym: 上手・じょうず・1
1. unskillful, poor, awkward
2. imprudent, untactful
ほか, 他, 外
May take 'no'
1. other (place, thing, person), the rest
Usually in kana, esp. 外
2. outside, beyond
Adverbial noun, See ほかない, as 〜ほか〜ない, usu. after より or the dictionary form of a verb
3. nothing except, nothing but, nothing apart from, nothing aside from, no choice (but to)
often as ほかに
4. besides..., in addition to...
ほしい, 欲しい
See 欲しがる
1. wanted, wished for, in need of, desired
Auxiliary adjective, Usually in kana, after the -te form of a verb
2. I want (you) to
ポスト
1. postbox, mail box, pillar box
2. post, position
3. post (e.g. goalpost)
Noun or verb acting prenominally
4. post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
本, ほん
See ご本・ごほん
1. book, volume, script
Prefix
2. this, present
3. main, head
4. real, regular
Suffix, Counter, sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん
5. counter for long cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls