引っ込む

Meanings

1. Godan verb · Intransitive

   to draw back; to sink; to cave in

2. Godan verb · Intransitive

   to be set back (e.g. from a road)

3. 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

In Spanish

1. echarse para atrás; sumir; derrumbarse

Kanji in this word

• 引
• 込

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?

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• 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.

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