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引く, 曳く, 牽く, ひく
Conjugated: 引いた
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse)
See 注意を引く, also written as 惹く
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.)
カーテンがゆっくり引かれた。
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の
Particle, See 乃, occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
See が・1
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
often ん
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
Female term or language
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
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なら, ならば
Auxiliary, hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
1. if, in case, if it is the case that, if it is true that
Only なら
2. as for, on the topic of
Conjunction, See それなら, Colloquialism, Abbreviation
3. if that's the case, if so, that being the case
Only ならば
4. if possible, if circumstances allow
医者なら６桁の収入は珍しくない。
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