引き抜く|ひきぬくhikinuku[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto extract; to pull out; to draw out; to uproot
- godan verb, transitive verbto headhunt; to lure away; to poach; to entice
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 引き抜く（ひきぬく） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 引き抜きます（ひきぬきます） |
| Negative (nai) | 引き抜かない（ひきぬかない） |
| polite (masen) | 引き抜きません（ひきぬきません） |
| classical zu / nu | 引き抜かず・引き抜かぬ（ひきぬかず・ひきぬかぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 引き抜いた（ひきぬいた） |
| polite (mashita) | 引き抜きました（ひきぬきました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 引き抜かなかった（ひきぬかなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 引き抜きませんでした（ひきぬきませんでした） |
| Te form | 引き抜いて（ひきぬいて） |
| Potential | 引き抜ける（ひきぬける） |
| Passive | 引き抜かれる（ひきぬかれる） |
| Causative | 引き抜かせる（ひきぬかせる） |
| Causative passive | 引き抜かせられる・引き抜かされる（ひきぬかせられる・ひきぬかされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 引き抜けば（ひきぬけば） |
| tara | 引き抜いたら（ひきぬいたら） |
| Volitional | 引き抜こう（ひきぬこう） |
| polite (mashou) | 引き抜きましょう（ひきぬきましょう） |
| Imperative | 引き抜け（ひきぬけ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym引き出すひきだすNeutralCovers pulling or taking things out, drawing out someone's talent, and withdrawing money; 「引き抜く」 stresses pulling out with force or luring people away.
- Synonym抜くぬくNeutralThe plain word for pulling or drawing something out; it also works as a suffix meaning to do something to the end. 「引き抜く」 adds force and the poaching sense.
- Synonym取り出すとりだすNeutralThe broad, everyday word for taking something out of something else, with no force implied; 「引き抜く」 carries the nuance of a forceful pull.
- Synonym抜き取るぬきとるNeutralExtracting something from within, taking samples, or pilfering contents; 「引き抜く」 leans toward forceful pulling out and poaching people.
- Synonym引っこ抜くひっこぬくCasualColloquial twin of 「引き抜く」: yanking something out by the roots or poaching talent, with a rougher, more casual tone.
- Related抜き出すぬきだすNeutralPicking or extracting one thing out of many, e.g. pulling out the key points; 「引き抜く」 stresses forceful pulling or poaching people.
- Related摘出てきしゅつWrittenA written, formal word for extracting something, especially surgically removing a lesion or foreign object; 「引き抜く」 is general pulling out.
- RelatedもぐCasualColloquial for twisting fruit off a tree, like picking apples; 「引き抜く」 is pulling straight out.
- Related引っ張り出すひっぱりだすCasualColloquial for dragging something out by force, or hauling a person out; 「引き抜く」 is for pulling out something stuck or planted in place.
- Related引きずり出すひきずりだすNeutralDragging something or someone out, with a coercive, hauling feel; 「引き抜く」 means pulling out something that is inserted or rooted.
- Relatedひん抜くひんぬくCasualRough slang for yanking something out by the roots in one go; in ordinary contexts prefer 「引き抜く」 or 「抜く」.
- Related切り抜くきりぬくNeutralCutting a part out with scissors, e.g. clipping a newspaper article; 「引き抜く」 pulls things out and involves no cutting.
- Relatedつかみ出すつかみだすCasualColloquial for grabbing something out by hand, or throwing someone out; 「引き抜く」 is pulling out, not grabbing.
- Antonym押し込むおしこむNeutralPushing or cramming something in — the opposite direction from 「引き抜く」, which pulls things out.
Choose 「引き抜く」 for pulling something out with force or for poaching talent. Use 「抜く」 for ordinary pulling out, 「取り出す」 for simply taking things out, 「抜き取る」 for sampling, and 「摘出」 for surgical removal; the antonym is 「押し込む」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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