引く
ひく
to pull, to draw; subtract
Hiku (引く) is a godan verb meaning "to pull, to draw". Its polite form is 引きます (hikimasu), its te form is 引いて (hiite), its past form is 引いた (hiita), and its negative form is 引かない (hikanai).
Godan verbJLPT N5
Hiku (引く) conjugation quick reference
引く means "to pull, to draw". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Hiku example sentences
ドアを引きます。
I pull the door.
かぜを引きました。
I caught a cold.
ペンを引きません。
I don’t pull the pen.
How to use Hiku: grammar notes
•Use を with 引く to show what is being pulled—like ドアを引く (pull the door); don’t use に here, that would be a mistake.
•When talking about subtracting numbers, use 引く between them—like 5引く2は3 (5 minus 2 is 3); no extra particles are needed.
•引く can also mean "to catch" a cold, so say かぜを引く (catch a cold), not かぜに引く—を is the correct particle here.
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Hiku
風邪を引く（かぜをひく）
to catch a cold
線を引く（せんをひく）
to draw a line
ブレーキを引く（ブレーキをひく）
to pull the brake
Hiku (引く) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 引く | hiku |
| Masu Form | 引きます | hikimasu |
| Te Form | 引いて | hiite |
| Past Form | 引いた | hiita |
| Negative Form | 引かない | hikanai |
| Past Negative | 引かなかった | hikanakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 引きます | hikimasu |
| Polite Past | 引きました | hikimashita |
| Polite Negative | 引きません | hikimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 引きませんでした | hikimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 引ける | hikeru |
| Passive Form | 引かれる | hikareru |
| Causative Form | 引かせる | hikaseru |
| Causative Passive | 引かされる | hikasareru |
| Volitional Form | 引こう | hikou |
| Imperative Form | 引け | hike |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 引けば | hikeba |
| Conditional (たら) | 引いたら | hiitara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 引いている | hiiteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 引きたい | hikitai |
| Prohibition | 引くな | hikuna |