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    3. 糸引き

    糸引き

    糸いと引ひき​

    stretching out a string

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab14 strokes

    いとひき

    Noun

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

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    Characters that make up this word

    糸
    いと…(1)
    thread
    Kanji
    引
    ひ.く・ひ.ける…(5)
    pull・tug・jerk・admit・install…(2)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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