引っ込む

ひっこむ

Also written 引っこむ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to draw back; to sink; to cave in
2. to be set back (e.g. from a road)
3. to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

Kanji

• 引 pull. Read as ひく.
• 込 into. Read as こむ.

Example sentences

• 今までどこに引っこんでいたのですか。
  Where've you been keeping yourself?
• 彼女の家は本通りから引っ込んだ所にある。
  Her house stands back from the road.
• 引っ込んでて！
  Back off!
• 無理が通れば、道理が引っ込む。
  Reason retires once the unreasonable gets its way.

Related forms

• 引っ込める (ひっこめる) to draw in (transitive partner)

Words containing 引っ込む

• 引っ込み思案 (ひっこみじあん) reserved
• 引っ込みがつかない (ひっこみがつかない) being in too deep to back out

Word lists

• JLPT N2
• Spoken

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