引っ込む (Hikkomu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to draw back, to sink, to cave in, to be set back (e.g. from a road)”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto draw back; to sink; to cave in
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be set back (e.g. from a road)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it
Examples
無理が通れば道理が引っ込む。
Might makes right.
今までどこに引っこんでいたのですか。
Where've you been keeping yourself?
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.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).