"牽引" meaning in Japanese

See 牽引 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ] Forms: 牽引 [canonical] (ruby: (けん), (いん)), ken'in [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|けんいん}} 牽(けん)引(いん) • (ken'in)
  1. traction; towage
    Sense id: en-牽引-ja-noun-MPQ5eIY~
  2. driving growth
    Sense id: en-牽引-ja-noun-oIGRnusg

Verb

IPA: [kẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|けんいん|tr=trans}} 牽(けん)引(いん)する • (ken'in suru) transitive suru (stem 牽(けん)引(いん)し (ken'in shi), past 牽(けん)引(いん)した (ken'in shita)) Forms: 牽引する transitive suru [canonical] (ruby: (けん), (いん)), ken'in suru [romanization], 牽引し [stem] (ruby: (けん), (いん)), 牽引した [past] (ruby: (けん), (いん)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 牽引し [error-unrecognized-form], けんいんし [error-unrecognized-form], ken'in shi [error-unrecognized-form], 牽引する [error-unrecognized-form], けんいんする [error-unrecognized-form], ken'in suru [error-unrecognized-form], 牽引すれ [error-unrecognized-form], けんいんすれ [error-unrecognized-form], ken'in sure [error-unrecognized-form], 牽引せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 牽引しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], けんいんせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], けんいんしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ken'in seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ken'in shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 牽引される [passive], けんいんされる [passive], ken'in sareru [passive], 牽引させる [causative], 牽引さす [causative], けんいんさせる [causative], けんいんさす [causative], ken'in saseru [causative], ken'in sasu [causative], 牽引できる [potential], けんいんできる [potential], ken'in dekiru [potential], 牽引しよう [volitional], けんいんしよう [volitional], ken'in shiyō [volitional], 牽引しない [negative], けんいんしない [negative], ken'in shinai [negative], 牽引せず [continuative, negative], けんいんせず [continuative, negative], ken'in sezu [continuative, negative], 牽引します [formal], けんいんします [formal], ken'in shimasu [formal], 牽引した [perfective], けんいんした [perfective], ken'in shita [perfective], 牽引して [conjunctive], けんいんして [conjunctive], ken'in shite [conjunctive], 牽引すれば [conditional, hypothetical], けんいんすれば [conditional, hypothetical], ken'in sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. pull, tow
    Sense id: en-牽引-ja-verb-gP0Li-x4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 16 58 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 15 55 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 17 50 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 25 20 36 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 17 50 13
  2. drive growth, especially of an economy or market
    Sense id: en-牽引-ja-verb-Qe5WXXKE
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "牽引",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "牽",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "引",
          "いん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "けんいん"
      },
      "expansion": "牽(けん)引(いん) • (ken'in)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "traction; towage"
      ],
      "id": "en-牽引-ja-noun-MPQ5eIY~",
      "links": [
        [
          "traction",
          "traction"
        ],
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          "towage",
          "towage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "driving growth"
      ],
      "id": "en-牽引-ja-noun-oIGRnusg"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牽引"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "牽引する transitive suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "牽",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "引",
          "いん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in suru",
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    {
      "form": "牽引し",
      "roman": "ken'in shi",
      "ruby": [
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          "牽",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "引",
          "いん"
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "牽引した",
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          "牽",
          "けん"
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        [
          "引",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "牽引し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "けんいん",
        "tr": "trans"
      },
      "expansion": "牽(けん)引(いん)する • (ken'in suru) transitive suru (stem 牽(けん)引(いん)し (ken'in shi), past 牽(けん)引(いん)した (ken'in shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 16 58 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 15 55 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 17 50 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 20 36 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 17 50 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pull, tow"
      ],
      "id": "en-牽引-ja-verb-gP0Li-x4",
      "links": [
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "tow",
          "tow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              57
            ]
          ],
          "english": "In fact, personal consumption, which is supposed to drive the economy, is currently sluggish.",
          "ref": "2025 March 27, 堂込麻紀子 [Makiko Dōgomi], quotee, “第217回国会 参議院 財政金融委員会 第5号 令和7年3月27日 [217th Diet House of Councilors Committee on Financial Affairs No. 5 March 27, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 31 Aug 2025:",
          "roman": "Gen ni ashimoto de wa, keiki o ken'in suru hazu no kojin shōhi ga nobinayande i masu.",
          "text": "現に足下では、景気を牽引するはずの個人消費が伸び悩んでいます。",
          "translation": "In fact, personal consumption, which is supposed to drive the economy, is currently sluggish.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drive growth, especially of an economy or market"
      ],
      "id": "en-牽引-ja-verb-Qe5WXXKE",
      "links": [
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牽引"
}
{
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "牽引",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "牽",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "引",
          "いん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in",
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    }
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        "traction; towage"
      ],
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        [
          "traction",
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        ],
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          "towage",
          "towage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
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          "牽",
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          "引",
          "いん"
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      "form": "ken'in suru",
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          "牽",
          "けん"
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          "引",
          "いん"
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    },
    {
      "form": "牽引した",
      "roman": "ken'in shita",
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        [
          "牽",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "引",
          "いん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
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    {
      "form": "牽引し",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "けんいんし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんしろ",
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      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "牽引すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けんいんすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ken'in sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "けんいん",
        "tr": "trans"
      },
      "expansion": "牽(けん)引(いん)する • (ken'in suru) transitive suru (stem 牽(けん)引(いん)し (ken'in shi), past 牽(けん)引(いん)した (ken'in shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pull, tow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "tow",
          "tow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              57
            ]
          ],
          "english": "In fact, personal consumption, which is supposed to drive the economy, is currently sluggish.",
          "ref": "2025 March 27, 堂込麻紀子 [Makiko Dōgomi], quotee, “第217回国会 参議院 財政金融委員会 第5号 令和7年3月27日 [217th Diet House of Councilors Committee on Financial Affairs No. 5 March 27, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 31 Aug 2025:",
          "roman": "Gen ni ashimoto de wa, keiki o ken'in suru hazu no kojin shōhi ga nobinayande i masu.",
          "text": "現に足下では、景気を牽引するはずの個人消費が伸び悩んでいます。",
          "translation": "In fact, personal consumption, which is supposed to drive the economy, is currently sluggish.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drive growth, especially of an economy or market"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牽引"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 牽引 meaning in Japanese (7.7kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "牽引",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "牽引"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "牽引",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "牽引",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "牽引"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "牽引",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "path": [
    "牽引"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "牽引",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "牽引",
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}

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