Word Meaning 糸引き

いとひき itohiki

糸引き is read as いとひき (itohiki) and means appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief).

Meaning

English

  1. appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
  2. menstruation
  3. pulling someone's strings
  4. stretching out a string
  5. stretching out like a string
  6. silk reeling
  7. silk spinning
  8. filature

Reading

Kana

いとひき

Romaji

itohiki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 116978 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

糸を引く

いとをひく

to pull (the puppet) strings

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)

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