引き抜く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
引	抜
ひ Grade: 2	ぬ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
引き拔く (kyūjitai) 引抜く

Etymology

引(ひ)く (hiku, “to pull”) + 抜(ぬ)く (nuku, “to extract”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひきぬく [hìkínúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [çi̥kʲinɯ̟kɯ̟]

Verb

引(ひ)き抜(ぬ)く • (hikinuku) transitive godan (stem 引(ひ)き抜(ぬ)き (hikinuki), past 引(ひ)き抜(ぬ)いた (hikinuita))

to pull out, extract
to poach (to recruit from another company)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "引き抜く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	引き抜か	ひきぬか	hikinuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	引き抜き	ひきぬき	hikinuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	引き抜く	ひきぬく	hikinuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	引き抜く	ひきぬく	hikinuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	引き抜け	ひきぬけ	hikinuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	引き抜け	ひきぬけ	hikinuke
Key constructions
Passive	引き抜かれる	ひきぬかれる	hikinukareru
Causative	引き抜かせる引き抜かす	ひきぬかせるひきぬかす	hikinukaseru hikinukasu
Potential	引き抜ける	ひきぬける	hikinukeru
Volitional	引き抜こう	ひきぬこう	hikinukō
Negative	引き抜かない	ひきぬかない	hikinukanai
Negative continuative	引き抜かず	ひきぬかず	hikinukazu
Formal	引き抜きます	ひきぬきます	hikinukimasu
Perfective	引き抜いた	ひきぬいた	hikinuita
Conjunctive	引き抜いて	ひきぬいて	hikinuite
Hypothetical conditional	引き抜けば	ひきぬけば	hikinukeba

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN