引っ込める・引っこめる|ひっこめるhikkomeru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

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
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto draw in; to take in; to retract
    彼かれはテーブルから手てを引っ込ひっこめた。↗
    He withdrew his hand from the table.
  2. 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
transitive引っ込めるひっこめる⇄intransitive引っ込むひっこむ
首くびを引っ込ひっこめる
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
  1. 突き出つきでている物ものを元もとの状態じょうたいに戻もどす。
  2. 取り下とりさげる。撤回てっかいする。
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