Word Meaning 糸を引く

いとをひく ito o hiku

糸を引く is read as いとをひく (ito o hiku) and means to pull (the puppet) strings.

Meaning

English

to pull (the puppet) strings
to direct things from behind the scenes
to stretch out (and keep going)
to linger on

Reading

Kana

いとをひく

Romaji

ito o hiku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb ✓ Rank 117614 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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糸引き

いとひき

appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)

糸引笛鯛

いとひきふえだい

chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)

糸引鰯

いとひきいわし

attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)

糸引鯊

いとひきはぜ

Myersina filifer (species of goby)

糸引鰺

いとひきあじ

African pompano (Alectis ciliaris)

陰で糸を引く

かげでいとをひく

to pull wires

糸

いと

thread

糸口

いとぐち

thread end

糸面取り

いとめんとり

light chamfering (engineering)

糸電話

いとでんわ

telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

糸球体

しきゅうたい

glomerulus

糸状体

しじょうたい

mitochondria