(たぐ)

たぐる
verb (godan, transitive)
to pull in hand over hand; to trace back
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present手繰(たぐ)手繰(たぐ)らない
Present polite手繰(たぐ)ります手繰(たぐ)りません
Past手繰(たぐ)った手繰(たぐ)らなかった
Past polite手繰(たぐ)りました手繰(たぐ)りませんでした
て form手繰(たぐ)って手繰(たぐ)らなくて
ている present手繰(たぐ)っている手繰(たぐ)っていない
ている polite手繰(たぐ)っています手繰(たぐ)っていません
ている past手繰(たぐ)っていた手繰(たぐ)っていなかった
ている past polite手繰(たぐ)っていました手繰(たぐ)っていませんでした
Conditional ば手繰(たぐ)れば手繰(たぐ)らなければ
Conditional たら手繰(たぐ)ったら手繰(たぐ)らなかったら
Volitional手繰(たぐ)ろう
Volitional polite手繰(たぐ)りましょう
Potential手繰(たぐ)れる手繰(たぐ)れない
Passive手繰(たぐ)られる手繰(たぐ)られない
Causative手繰(たぐ)らせる手繰(たぐ)らせない
Imperative手繰(たぐ)手繰(たぐ)るな
1. to pull in hand over hand; to haul in; to reel in
To draw in something long and flexible — a rope, thread, net, or line — by moving the hands alternately along it.
(いと)手繰(たぐ)る。
To pull in the thread.
I pulled in the rope hand over hand and brought the boat to shore.
When the fishermen hauled in the net, silver fish were leaping inside it.
2. to trace back; to follow (a memory, a lead)
To follow a memory, a chain of associations, or a thread of evidence back toward its source, as if pulling it in bit by bit.
記憶(きおく)手繰(たぐ)る。
To search back through one's memory.
()ども(ころ)記憶(きおく)手繰(たぐ)()せてみた。
I tried to draw up memories of my childhood.
As I traced my memory back with the help of letters from that time, I remembered a name I had forgotten.

Transitivity

  • Transitive; the thing being drawn in takes . There is no intransitive partner.

Common collocations

  • (いと)手繰(たぐ)る: to pull in a thread
  • (あみ)手繰(たぐ)る: to haul in a net
  • 記憶(きおく)手繰(たぐ)る: to search back through one's memory
  • 手繰(たぐ)()せる: to draw in toward oneself (the most common form of all)

Usage

Sense 2 is the one learners meet most often, usually as 記憶(きおく)手繰(たぐ)()せる in narration. It keeps the image of sense 1 alive: the memory is a line you pull in a little at a time until the far end comes into view.