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    3. 引きずる

    引きずる

    引ひき​ず​る​

    to drag

    N1KMT7News #18+1CoreVerb, TransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    引き摺る引摺る

    ひきずる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to drag, to trail, to pull along the ground, to lug
    2.
    to force (someone) along, to drag (along)
    3.
    to prolong, to drag out
    4.
    to influence, to persuade, to entice, to lure

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    重おもい荷に物もつを引ひきずって歩あるいた。

    I walked, dragging the heavy luggage.

    KMT5Daily Life
    過か去この失しっ敗ぱいをいつまでも引ひきずってはいけない。

    You shouldn't drag out past failures forever.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは失しつ恋れんの痛いたみを何なん年ねんも引ひきずっていた。

    She dragged the pain of heartbreak for many years.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれはその屈くつ辱じょく的てきな経けい験けんをずっと心こころに引ひきずっている。

    He has been dragging that humiliating experience in his heart for a long time.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    その事じ件けんは、彼かれの人じん生せいに長 く影かげを引ひきずることになった。

    That incident ended up casting a long shadow over his life.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    引
    ひ.く・ひ.ける…(5)
    pull・tug・jerk・admit・install…(2)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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