Word Meaning 婆を引く

ばばをひく baba o hiku

婆を引く is read as ばばをひく (baba o hiku) and means to get the short end of the stick.

Meaning

English

to get the short end of the stick
to get the bad side of a bargain
to draw the joker (when playing Old Maid)

Reading

Kana

ばばをひく

Romaji

baba o hiku

Writing Variants

ババを引く ばばをひく babaohiku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Synonyms ババを掴む,貧乏くじを引く Rank 138018 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

婆さん

ばーさん

grandmother

婆

ばば

joker (in old maid)

引き裂く

ひきさく

to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.)

引抜く

ひきぬく

to extract

長引く

ながびく

to be prolonged

引く

ひく

to catch (a cold)

引っ付く

ひっつく

to become intimate (of a man and woman)

割り引く

わりびく

to discount

間引く

まびく

to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

一線を引く

いっせんをひく

to draw the line

身を引く

みをひく

to resign

線を引く

せんをひく

to draw a line