引っ込む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
引 込
ひ
Grade: 2 		こ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「引っ込む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		引っ込む ひっこむ
Imperative (命令形) 引っ込め ひっこめ
Key constructions
Passive 引っ込まれる ひっこまれる
Causative 引っ込ませる ひっこませる
Potential 引っ込める ひっこめる
Volitional 引っ込もう ひっこもー
Negative 引っ込まない ひっこまない
Negative perfective 引っ込まなかった ひっこまなかった
Formal 引っ込みます ひっこみます
Perfective 引っ込んだ ひっこんだ
Conjunctive 引っ込んで ひっこんで
Hypothetical conditional 引っ込めば ひっこめば

Verb

引(ひ)っ込(こ)む • (hikkomu) intransitive godan (stem 引(ひ)っ込(こ)み (hikkomi), past 引(ひ)っ込(こ)んだ (hikkonda))

  1. retire, withdraw
    自宅(じたく)に引(ひ)っ込(こ)む
    jitaku ni hikkomu
    withdraw to one's home
  2. sink in, subside
    ヘルニアが自然(しぜん)に引(ひ)っ込(こ)む
    herunia ga shizen ni hikkomu
    the hernia will go away on its own
  3. pull back
  4. stand back

Conjugation

Conjugation of "引っ込む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 引っ込ま ひっこま hikkoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 引っ込み ひっこみ hikkomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 引っ込む ひっこむ hikkomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 引っ込む ひっこむ hikkomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 引っ込め ひっこめ hikkome
Meireikei ("imperative") 引っ込め ひっこめ hikkome
Key constructions
Passive 引っ込まれる ひっこまれる hikkomareru
Causative 引っ込ませる
引っ込ます 		ひっこませる
ひっこます 		hikkomaseru
hikkomasu
Potential 引っ込める ひっこめる hikkomeru
Volitional 引っ込もう ひっこもう hikkomō
Negative 引っ込まない ひっこまない hikkomanai
Negative continuative 引っ込まず ひっこまず hikkomazu
Formal 引っ込みます ひっこみます hikkomimasu
Perfective 引っ込んだ ひっこんだ hikkonda
Conjunctive 引っ込んで ひっこんで hikkonde
Hypothetical conditional 引っ込めば ひっこめば hikkomeba

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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