No. 4,571 in Japanese
引き寄せる
"引き寄せる" means "to attract, pull closer, or draw in."
In a sentence
彼女は目標を引き寄せるために努力を続けている。
She continues to work hard to attract and achieve her goals.
In this sentence, 引き寄せる is used metaphorically to denote attracting or drawing toward oneself one's goals with effort.
磁石は鉄を引き寄せる。
Magnets attract iron.
Here, 引き寄せる represents the physical act of pulling something, like iron, toward oneself with a magnet's force.
彼の魅力が人々を引き寄せる。
His charm attracts people.
In this example, 引き寄せる is used to describe the metaphorical act of attracting people due to someone's charm.
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