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引っ込む ひっこむ N2

  1. to cave in; to draw back; to sink
  2. to be set back (e.g. from a road)
  3. to butt out; to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to stay out of it; to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye)

無理が通れば道理が引っ込む むりがとおればどうりがひっこむ

  1. where might is master, justice is servant
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