JLPT N2 · Verb

引き出す (hikidasu)

引き出す (ひきだす, hikidasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pull out; to take out”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ひきだす
Romaji
hikidasu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to pull out; to take out; to draw out · godan verb, transitive
  2. to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to bring (e.g. someone to the negotiating table); to drag · godan verb, transitive
  3. to withdraw (money); to draw · godan verb, transitive
  4. to bring out (talent, potential, beauty, flavour, etc.); to extract (information, the truth, etc.); to get (e.g. an answer out of someone); to obtain (e.g. a result); to elicit · godan verb, transitive
  5. to get (money) out of someone; to coax out of someone; to get someone to pay; to make someone produce (funds) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私は封筒を開けて手紙を引き出した。
I opened the envelope and pulled out a letter.
太郎は銀行から一万円引き出した。
Taro drew 10,000 yen from the bank.
彼はその調査から結論を引き出した。
He drew his conclusions based on that survey.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 引き出す

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary引き出すひきだす hikidasu
Polite (~masu)引き出しますひきだします hikidashimasu
Negative引き出さないひきださない hikidasanai
Polite negative引き出しませんひきだしません hikidashimasen
Past引き出したひきだした hikidashita
Polite past引き出しましたひきだしました hikidashimashita
Negative past引き出さなかったひきださなかった hikidasanakatta
Te-form引き出してひきだして hikidashite
Potential引き出せるひきだせる hikidaseru
Passive引き出されるひきだされる hikidasareru
Causative引き出させるひきださせる hikidasaseru
Volitional引き出そうひきだそう hikidasou
Imperative引き出せひきだせ hikidase
Conditional (~ba)引き出せばひきだせば hikidaseba

Kanji in 引き出す

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引き出す.

Source: JMdict entry 1601660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.