Word · 単語
引っ込む
Reading ひっこむ
to draw back
- 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
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例文 · 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.
真夏日には屋内にひっこんで太陽を避けるしか手がないよ。
All I want to do during the dog days is stay indoors and keep out of the sun.