引く

ひくhiku

pull

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 働く, 開く, 歩く

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative引きますひきますhikimasu
    2. negative引きませんひきませんhikimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative引きましたひきましたhikimashita
    2. negative引きませんでしたひきませんでしたhikimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 引いてひいてhiite
    2. request引いてくださいひいてくださいhiite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 引きましょうひきましょうhikimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative引きたいひきたいhikitai
    2. negative引きたくないひきたくないhikitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative引くひくhiku
    2. negative引かないひかないhikanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative引いたひいたhiita
    2. negative引かなかったひかなかったhikanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain引いているひいているhiite iru
    2. polite引いていますひいていますhiite imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain引けるひけるhikeru
    2. polite引けますひけますhikemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 引いたらひいたらhiitara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain引かれるひかれるhikareru
    2. polite引かれますひかれますhikaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 引こうひこうhikō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order引けひけhike
    2. ban引くなひくなhiku na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative引けばひけばhikeba
    2. negative引かなければひかなければhikanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain引かせるひかせるhikaseru
    2. polite引かせますひかせますhikasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain引かせられるひかせられるhikaserareru
    2. polite引かせられますひかせられますhikaseraremasu