ひっこむ – Vocabulary details

ひっこむ

Verb (5-dan, む, intransitive)

1. to draw back; to sink; to cave in

あまりの衝しょう撃げきに涙なみだはすっかり引ひっ込こんでしまった。The shock was so great that my tears dried up completely.

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

この曲きょくが終おわったら、私わたしは裏うらに引ひっ込こむつもりでいた。I had intended to withdraw to the back once this song ended.

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goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

ずいぶん静しずかなところにひっこんでいたんだね。

You've been holed up in a pretty quiet place, haven't you?

カメの首くびが甲こう羅らの中なかにひっこんだ。

The turtle drew its head back into its shell.

あまりの衝しょう撃げきに涙なみだはすっかりひっこんでしまった。

The shock was so great that my tears dried up completely.

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