Illustration: At the sliding doorway of a Japanese house, a resident draws their slippered feet back onto the interior floor and pulls the door partly closed. Outside, two neighbors are still tending shared planters and glance toward the retreating person.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

引ひっ込こむ

hikkomu

to withdraw, to stay indoors

Example sentences

  1. 今いままでどこに引ひっこんでいたのですか。

    Where’ve you been keeping yourself?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 引ひっ込こんでて！

    Back off!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 真夏日まなつびには屋内おくないにひっこんで太陽たいようを避さけるしか手てがないよ。

    All I want to do during the dog days is stay indoors and keep out of the sun.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 引込

  • 引pullOnインKunひく・ひける
  • 込crowded; mixtureKunこむ・こみ・こめる

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