I Love Kanji引きずる (hikizuru)
引きずる (ひきずる, hikizuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to drag; to trail”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ひきずる
- Romaji
- hikizuru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to drag; to trail; to pull along the ground; to lug · godan verb, transitive
- to force (someone) along; to drag (along) · godan verb, transitive
- to prolong; to drag out · godan verb, transitive
- to influence; to persuade; to entice; to lure · godan verb, transitive · usu. in the passive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 引きずる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 引きずる | ひきずる hikizuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 引きずります | ひきずります hikizurimasu |
| Negative | 引きずらない | ひきずらない hikizuranai |
| Polite negative | 引きずりません | ひきずりません hikizurimasen |
| Past | 引きずった | ひきずった hikizutta |
| Polite past | 引きずりました | ひきずりました hikizurimashita |
| Negative past | 引きずらなかった | ひきずらなかった hikizuranakatta |
| Te-form | 引きずって | ひきずって hikizutte |
| Potential | 引きずれる | ひきずれる hikizureru |
| Passive | 引きずられる | ひきずられる hikizurareru |
| Causative | 引きずらせる | ひきずらせる hikizuraseru |
| Volitional | 引きずろう | ひきずろう hikizurou |
| Imperative | 引きずれ | ひきずれ hikizure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 引きずれば | ひきずれば hikizureba |
Kanji in 引きずる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引きずる.
字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged
Source: JMdict entry 1169000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.