糸を引く

Reading

Kana: いとをひく

Romaji: itowohiku

Definitions

exp

v5k

1

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes

2

to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

Kanji

糸

Readings: シ、 いと

Meaning: thread

引

Readings: イン、 ひ.く、 ひ.き、 ひ.き-、 -び.き、 ひ.ける

Meanings: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

Example Sentences

この事件(じけん)はだれかが糸(いと)を引(ひ)いているに違(ちが)いない。

➥Somebody must be at the bottom of this affair.

あの会社(かいしゃ)との取(と)り引(ひ)きは父(ちち)の代(だい)から糸(いと)を引(ひ)くように切(き)れない。

➥Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father's generation.