引っ込み|ひっこみhikkomi[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounretreat; retirement; depression (hole)

• Related退却たいきゃくWrittenWritten word for a retreat: troops falling back, or giving up on a venture that isn't going well. More formal than 「引っ込み」.
• Related撤退てったいFormalFormal word for withdrawing from a position or pulling out of a market; sounds more decisive than 「引っ込み」.

「引っ込み」 appears mostly in set phrases: 「引っ込みがつかない」 for being stuck with no way to back out, and 「引っ込み思案」 for an introverted, timid personality. For an actual withdrawal, use 「撤退」 or 「退却」.

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1. 引っ込ひっこむこと。引き込ひきこみ。
2. 物事ものごとから身みを引ひくこと。
3. 役者やくしゃが舞台ぶたいから退場たいじょうすること。
4. 「ひっこむ」の連用形れんようけい。