godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
• to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest) ➜ 惹く【ひく】・注意を引く
• to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
• to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
• to draw (a line, plan, etc.) ➜ 図面を引く
• to catch (a cold) ➜ 風邪を引く
• to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument) ➜ 弾く【ひく】
• to look up (e.g. a dictionary); to consult ➜ 辞書を引く
• to haul; to pull (vehicles) - esp. 牽く
• to subtract; to deduct
• to recede; to ebb; to fade
• to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
• to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
• to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
• to hold (e.g. a note)
• to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to move back; to draw back; to recede ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to lessen; to subside; to ebb ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to resign; to retire; to quit ➜ 退く【ひく】

noun / ~する noun:

• traction; towing; hauling; pulling; drawing
• driving (e.g. economic growth)

noun:

• tractor; towing vehicle
• driving force; leading role

noun:

• pulling power

noun / ~する noun:

• distortion of facts

noun:

• diversionary operations - four character idiom

~の noun / noun / ~する noun:

• farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• check; restraint; constraint; diversion; feint; screen

noun:

• pickoff attempt; throw to check a runner - Baseball term

noun:

• restraint; being exclusively absorbed in something

noun / ~する noun:

• related to

noun:

• morning glory seeds (medicinal use) ➜ あさがお

noun:

• leading force; driving force; leader

noun:

• traction therapy

noun:

• Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae - Astronomy term ➜ アルタイル