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引き落とす (ひきおとす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

引ひき落おとす

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Literal physical action of pulling something downward.

彼かれはブラインドを引ひき落おとした。
He pulled down the blind.

2

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

debit; withdraw; pay by direct debit

Financial term: money is automatically deducted from a bank account. Often used with 口座から (from an account).

家や賃ちんは毎まい月つき口こう座ざから引ひき落おとされます。
The rent is debited from my account every month.
公こう共きょう料りょう金きんを引ひき落おとしで支し払はらっている。
I pay my utility bills by direct debit.

Written forms

引ひき落おとすUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling.
引ひき落おとすUsage3%
Variant spelling without okurigana と.
引落ひきおとすUsage2%
Variant spelling with reduced okurigana.
ひきおとすUsage1%
引ひき落おとす
Variant spelling with reduced okurigana.

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
落fall, drop, come down

Similar words

引ひき出だす
引き出す means to withdraw money physically or from an account, but 引き落とす emphasizes automatic deduction rather than a manual withdrawal.
振ふり込こむ
振り込む means to transfer money into an account, the opposite direction of 引き落とす.

Etymology

Compound of 引き (pulling) and 落とす (to drop). The financial sense is a semantic extension from the idea of pulling money out of an account.