引っ込む
ひっこむ
to draw back; to sink; to cave in; to be set back (e.g. from a road)
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-mu), Intransitive
to draw back; to sink; to cave in- to be set back (e.g. from a road)
- to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 引っ込むひっこむ | 引っ込みますひっこみます |
| Negative | 引っ込まないひっこまない | 引っ込みませんひっこみません |
| Past | 引っ込んだひっこんだ | 引っ込みましたひっこみました |
| Past negative | 引っ込まなかったひっこまなかった | 引っ込みませんでしたひっこみませんでした |
| Te-form | 引っ込んでひっこんで |
|---|---|
| Potential | 引っ込めるひっこめる |
| Passive | 引っ込まれるひっこまれる |
| Causative | 引っ込ませるひっこませる |
| Volitional | 引っ込もうひっこもう |
| Imperative | 引っ込めひっこめ |
| Conditional (ば) | 引っ込めばひっこめば |
| Conditional (たら) | 引っ込んだらひっこんだら |
Example sentences
引っ込んでて！
Back off!
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Might makes right.
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Reason retires once the unreasonable gets its way.
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Her house stands back from the road.
私は、新居へ移ると共に、私の部屋へ引っ込んで、自分で炊事できるだけの道具ーー土釜、土鍋、七輪の類をととのえた。
When I moved into my new home, I just brought with me the things that I needed for cooking, an earthen rice cooker, an earthenware pot and an earthen charcoal brazier.