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引っ込む (ひっこむ): to draw back, to sink, to cave in — Japanese vocabulary

引っ込む is read ひっこむ and means "to draw back, to sink, to cave in". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

引っ込む

Reading
ひっこむ · hikkomu
Translation
to draw back, to sink, to cave in
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ひっこむが

Example

今までどこに引っこんでいたのですか。

いままでどこにひっこんでいたのですか。

Where've you been keeping yourself?

Kanji in this word

  • 引 — pull, attract
  • 込 — Crowded, Mixture, In Bulk

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