I Love Kanji追い込む (oikomu)
追い込む (おいこむ, oikomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to herd; to drive”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おいこむ
- Romaji
- oikomu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to herd; to drive; to chase; to corral · godan verb, transitive
- to corner; to force someone into doing · godan verb, transitive
- to go hard; to push yourself; to make a last charge · godan verb, transitive
- to run on (e.g. lines in printing) · godan verb, transitive
- to have two strikes · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 追い込む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 追い込む | おいこむ oikomu |
| Polite (~masu) | 追い込みます | おいこみます oikomimasu |
| Negative | 追い込まない | おいこまない oikomanai |
| Polite negative | 追い込みません | おいこみません oikomimasen |
| Past | 追い込んだ | おいこんだ oikonda |
| Polite past | 追い込みました | おいこみました oikomimashita |
| Negative past | 追い込まなかった | おいこまなかった oikomanakatta |
| Te-form | 追い込んで | おいこんで oikonde |
| Potential | 追い込める | おいこめる oikomeru |
| Passive | 追い込まれる | おいこまれる oikomareru |
| Causative | 追い込ませる | おいこませる oikomaseru |
| Volitional | 追い込もう | おいこもう oikomou |
| Imperative | 追い込め | おいこめ oikome |
| Conditional (~ba) | 追い込めば | おいこめば oikomeba |
Kanji in 追い込む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 追い込む.
追うおうto chase追い付くおいつくto catch up (with)追加ついかaddition追い越すおいこすto pass (e.g. car)追いかけるおいかけるto chase追及ついきゅうinvestigation (e.g. into someone's guilt)追跡ついせきchase追放ついほうexile追い出すおいだすto expel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)
Source: JMdict entry 1432330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.