I Love Kanji込める (komeru)
込める (こめる, komeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to load (a gun, etc.); to charge”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- こめる
- Romaji
- komeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to load (a gun, etc.); to charge · ichidan verb, transitive
- to put into (e.g. emotion, effort) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to include (e.g. tax in a sales price) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
彼女のテクニックはすばらしいが、もっと感情を込めて演奏する必要がある。
Her technique is superb, but she needs to play with more expression.
新憲法には、王権を弱める意図が込められていました。
The new constitution included the aim of abridging the king's power.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 込める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 込める | こめる komeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 込めます | こめます komemasu |
| Negative | 込めない | こめない komenai |
| Polite negative | 込めません | こめません komemasen |
| Past | 込めた | こめた kometa |
| Polite past | 込めました | こめました komemashita |
| Negative past | 込めなかった | こめなかった komenakatta |
| Te-form | 込めて | こめて komete |
| Potential | 込められる | こめられる komerareru |
| Passive | 込められる | こめられる komerareru |
| Causative | 込めさせる | こめさせる komesaseru |
| Volitional | 込めよう | こめよう komeyou |
| Imperative | 込めろ | こめろ komero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 込めれば | こめれば komereba |
Kanji in 込める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 込める.
込むこむto be crowded人込みひとごみcrowd of people申し込むもうしこむto apply for思い込むおもいこむto be convinced (that)突っ込むつっこむto thrust (something) into (something)溶け込むとけこむto melt into飛び込むとびこむto jump in払い込むはらいこむto deposit引っ込むひっこむto draw back申込もうしこみapplication割込むわりこむto cut into (a line, conversation, etc.)見込みみこみhope飲み込むのみこむto swallow乗り込むのりこむto board (a train, plane, etc.)
Source: JMdict entry 1288790 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.