引ひっ込こむ

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引っ込む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	引ひっ込こむ	引ひっ込こまない
Polite	引ひっ込こみます	引ひっ込こみません
Past polite	引ひっ込こみました	引ひっ込こみませんでした
Past	引ひっ込こんだ	引ひっ込こまなかった
Te-form	引ひっ込こんで	引ひっ込こまないで
Desire	引ひっ込こみたい	引ひっ込こみたくない
Potential	引ひっ込こめる	引ひっ込こめない
Passive	引ひっ込こまれる	引ひっ込こまれない
Causative	引ひっ込こませる	引ひっ込こませない
Causative passive	引ひっ込こませられるalso 引ひっ込こまされる	引ひっ込こませられないalso 引ひっ込こまされない
Volitional	引ひっ込こもう
Polite volitional	引ひっ込こみましょう
Imperative	引ひっ込こめ	引ひっ込こむな
Conditional	引ひっ込こめば	引ひっ込こまなければ
Tara conditional	引ひっ込こんだら	引ひっ込こまなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

Physical movement of something retracting, receding, or collapsing inward. Used for body parts, objects, or surfaces.

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

be set back; be recessed

Describes a building or structure that is positioned back from a road or boundary.

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

withdraw; retire; stay out of it

Figurative use: a person retreats from public view, stays indoors, or refrains from involvement. Often used in commands like 引っ込んでろ (butt out).

〈場ば所しょ〉から引ひっ込こんでいるto be set back from a place (e.g. a road)
この家いえは道どう路ろから少すこし引ひっ込こんでいる。
This house is set back a bit from the road.
引ひっ込こんでろ'Stay out of it!' (rude imperative)
お前まえは関かん係けいないから引ひっ込こんでろ。
This isn't your business, so butt out!
〈物もの〉が引ひっ込こむfor something (a body part, claw, etc.) to draw in or retract
猫ねこの爪つめが引ひっ込こんだ。
The cat's claws retracted.
〈場ば所しょ〉に引ひっ込こむto retreat to a place and stay out of sight
彼かれは田舎いなかに引ひっ込こんで静しずかに暮くらしている。
He has retired to the countryside and lives quietly.

引ひっ込こめる sense 1
引っ込める is the transitive verb meaning 'to pull something in/retract it', while 引っ込む is intransitive, describing something drawing back on its own.
引ひっ込こます sense 1
引っ込ます is a less common transitive form meaning 'to pull something in', paired with the intransitive 引っ込む.

凹くぼむ sense 1
凹む describes a surface becoming concave or dented, while 引っ込む more broadly covers anything drawing back or sinking inward.
引ひき下さがるN1sense 3
引き下がる means to back down or withdraw from a position, close to 引っ込む's figurative sense but with a stronger nuance of conceding.
退しりぞくN1sense 3
退く is a more formal verb for withdrawing, often used in official or military contexts, while 引っ込む is everyday and casual.

出でるN5sense 1
出る means to stick out or emerge, the opposite of 引っ込む's sense of drawing back or sinking in.
でしゃばる sense 3
出しゃばる means to butt in or be forward, the opposite of 引っ込む's figurative sense of staying out of things.
張はり出だすN1
引っ込む means to recede or draw back, the opposite of 張り出す's sense of jutting outward.
出でっ張ぱるN1
引っ込む means to be set back or recede inward, the direct opposite of 出っ張る, which means to stick out.

引ひき込こむN1
引き込む means to pull someone/something in or lure them into something, unlike 引っ込む which describes something retracting or a person withdrawing on their own.

Compound of 引く (hiku, 'pull') + 込む (komu, 'go inward'), with gemination. The literal sense of pulling inward extended to figurative withdrawal.