Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “糸を引く”

糸を引く

いとをひく

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

Example sentence

Somebody must be at the bottom of this affair.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

糸
On
し
Kun
いと
Stroke count
6

・thread

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引
On
いん
Kun
ひ.く;ひ.き;ひ.き-;-び.き;ひ.ける
Stroke count
4

・pull

・tug

・jerk

・admit

・install

・quote

・refer to

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