引っ込める・引っこめる|ひっこめるhikkomeru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
引っ込める引っ込める is the most common written form and the recommended default for beginners. Use it when you need to write this word.
引っこめる引っこめる is a less common written variant. Recognize it, but choose 引っ込める as your default when writing.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto draw in; to take in; to retract
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 引っ込める(ひっこめる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 引っ込めます(ひっこめます) |
| Negative (nai) | 引っ込めない(ひっこめない) |
| polite (masen) | 引っ込めません(ひっこめません) |
| classical zu / nu | 引っ込めず・引っ込めぬ(ひっこめず・ひっこめぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 引っ込めた(ひっこめた) |
| polite (mashita) | 引っ込めました(ひっこめました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 引っ込めなかった(ひっこめなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 引っ込めませんでした(ひっこめませんでした) |
| Te form | 引っ込めて(ひっこめて) |
| Potential | 引っ込められる(ひっこめられる) |
| Passive | 引っ込められる(ひっこめられる) |
| Causative | 引っ込めさせる(ひっこめさせる) |
| Causative passive | 引っ込めさせられる(ひっこめさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 引っ込めれば(ひっこめれば) |
| tara | 引っ込めたら(ひっこめたら) |
| Volitional | 引っ込めよう(ひっこめよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 引っ込めましょう(ひっこめましょう) |
| Imperative | 引っ込めろ(ひっこめろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
首が引っ込む
首を引っ込める
引っ込む emphasizes the event or resulting state, as in 首が引っ込む, while 引っ込める foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 首を引っ込める.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
See also


