引く: to pull
引く hiku
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.)
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From the lesson 縄文時代の終わりと弥生時代
このことから、水を引く田んぼの作り方が、はじめから伝わったと考えられています。
From this, it is thought that the method of making irrigated paddies, with water led in, came over from the very beginning.
From the lesson 稲作のはじまり
From the lesson 田んぼと農具
イザナギは、千人で引くような大きな岩で、黄泉の国との境をふさぎました。
Izanagi blocked the boundary with Yomi with a huge rock that a thousand people would have to pull.
From the lesson 黄泉の国
ワタツミは、潮を満たす潮満珠と、潮を引かせる潮干珠という、二つの玉を、ホオリにわたしました。
Watatsumi gave Hoori two jewels: the shiomitsutama, which makes the tide rise, and the shiohirutama, which makes the tide go out.
From the lesson 海幸彦と山幸彦