Keyword
tug
Info
FrequencyTop 2000-2100
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2607
Readings
けん
(92%)
ひ
(7%)
Composed of
lid
thread spool
roof without a chimney
cow
Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
pickoff throw; pickoff attempt
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
tractor; towing vehicle; driving force; leading role
leading force; driving force; leader
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
diversionary operations
morning glory seeds (medicinal use)
distortion of facts
implicated offense (where the means or result constitutes a separate offense); connected offense
restraint; being exclusively absorbed in something
one-horse (carriage)
Examples (6 in total)
They are keeping each other in check with their gazes.
This is fire meant to pin the enemy down.
In response to that order, the army began to slowly retreat while keeping the enemy in check.