引っ込める – Vocabulary details

引ひっ込こめる

Meanings

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to draw in; to take in; to retract

彼かれは手てを引ひっ込こめた。He pulled his hand back.

2. to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

しかし一いち度ど言いったらもう引ひっ込こめない。However, once I say it, I won't take it back.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

引

pull

込

crowded

Pitch accent

ひ

っこめ

る

Conjugations...Used in: 1948

Composed of

引ひっ

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

込こめる

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

Examples (11 in total)

彼かれは手てを引ひっ込こめた。

He pulled his hand back.

慌あわてて手てを引ひっ込こめる。

I hurriedly pulled my hand back.

言いいかけた言こと葉ばを引ひっ込こめた。

I withdrew the words I had started to say.

猫ねこはつめを引ひっ込こめた。

The cat retracted its claws.

彼かの女じょは手てを引ひっ込こめようとしなかった。

She did not try to pull her hand back.

彼かれはテーブルから手てを引ひっ込こめた。

He withdrew his hand from the table.

苦く笑しょうしてクリスはパンを引ひっ込こめた。

With a wry smile, Chris pulled the bread back.

私わたしはとっさに言こと葉ばを引ひっ込こめていました。

I had instinctively taken back my words.

しかし一いち度ど言いったらもう引ひっ込こめない。

However, once I say it, I won't take it back.

明めい確かくな拒きょ絶ぜつに慌あわてて手てを引ひっ込こめる。

I hurriedly pull my hand back at the clear rejection.

一いち度ど差さし出だした箱はこを引ひっ込こめようなんて、見み苦ぐるしいわよ。