I Love Kanji引っ込む (hikkomu)
引っ込む (ひっこむ, hikkomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to draw back; to sink”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ひっこむ
- Romaji
- hikkomu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to draw back; to sink; to cave in · godan verb, intransitive
- to be set back (e.g. from a road) · godan verb, intransitive
- to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 引っ込む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 引っ込む | ひっこむ hikkomu |
| Polite (~masu) | 引っ込みます | ひっこみます hikkomimasu |
| Negative | 引っ込まない | ひっこまない hikkomanai |
| Polite negative | 引っ込みません | ひっこみません hikkomimasen |
| Past | 引っ込んだ | ひっこんだ hikkonda |
| Polite past | 引っ込みました | ひっこみました hikkomimashita |
| Negative past | 引っ込まなかった | ひっこまなかった hikkomanakatta |
| Te-form | 引っ込んで | ひっこんで hikkonde |
| Potential | 引っ込める | ひっこめる hikkomeru |
| Passive | 引っ込まれる | ひっこまれる hikkomareru |
| Causative | 引っ込ませる | ひっこませる hikkomaseru |
| Volitional | 引っ込もう | ひっこもう hikkomou |
| Imperative | 引っ込め | ひっこめ hikkome |
| Conditional (~ba) | 引っ込めば | ひっこめば hikkomeba |
Kanji in 引っ込む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引っ込む.
字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged
Source: JMdict entry 1169390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.