How to say "embed" in Japanese

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  • 組み込むくみこむJLPT N1approx.Common
    godan verb, transitive verbCovers embed in the sense of incorporating something into a larger whole such as a system or plan, so that it becomes a built-in part; think 'incorporate' or 'install' rather than 'bury' or 'implant'.
    モデムはコンピューターの中なかに組み込くみこまれた。↗
    The modem was built into the computer.
  • 埋め込むうめこむJLPT N1approx.
    godan verb, transitive verbCovers embed as setting something inside something else: burying or implanting it in a surrounding material, or fixing content such as an image or video into a page or document.

Choose 「組み込む」 for embedding something into a system or plan so it becomes part of the whole, and 「埋め込む」 for setting something into a surrounding material or fixing content into a page or document.

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