引っ込む

引っこむ

Reading

Kana: ひっこむ

Romaji: hikkomu

Definitions

v5m

vi

1

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

Readings: イン、 ひ.く、 ひ.き、 ひ.き-、 -び.き、 ひ.ける

Meanings: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

込

Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める

Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Example Sentences

無理(むり)が通(とお)れば道理(どうり)が引(ひ)っ込(こ)む。

➥Might makes right.

彼女(かのじょ)の家(いえ)は本通(ほんどお)りから引(ひ)っ込(こ)んだ所(ところ)にある。

➥Her house stands back from the road.

今(いま)までどこに引(ひ)っこんでいたのですか。

➥Where've you been keeping yourself?

真夏日(まなつび)には屋内(おくない)にひっこんで太陽(たいよう)を避(さ)けるしか手(て)がないよ。

➥All I want to do during the dog days is stay indoors and keep out of the sun.