How to say "import" in Japanese

• 輸入ゆにゅうJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe word for the trade sense of 'import': bringing goods or materials into a country from abroad. Use it for business, economics and news about imports and exports.
  １９９８年ねん日本にっぽんの輸出ゆしゅつが輸入ゆにゅうを７７８億ななななはちおくドル上回うわまわった。↗

  Japan's exports exceeded imports by $77.8 billion in 1998.
• インポートCommon
  nounThe katakana loanword for 'import', covering both the act and imported goods. Heard in software for bringing files or data in, and in talk of imported goods.
• 移入いにゅうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'introduction (from outside)' and 'bringing in': the abstract sense of something coming in from outside rather than the commercial trade sense, for which 輸入 is the word to use.
• 内容ないようJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounNot about bringing anything in: this matches 'import' only in the sense of the substance or meaning of a message — 'the import of a remark'. Otherwise it simply means contents or content.
  仮かりの議事ぎじ内容ないようを送付そうふしました。↗

  Attached is the tentative agenda.
• 取り込むとりこむCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbA verb: 'to import' in the sense of a program taking in data, files or images. Typical of software, where you import an image or file into a document or application.

Choose 輸入 for bringing goods into a country, 「インポート」 or 「取り込む」 for importing data in software, 移入 for the broader idea of bringing something in from outside, and 内容 only when 'import' means substance or significance.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 輸入ゆにゅうimport
• インポートimport
• 移入いにゅうintroduction (from outside)
• 内容ないようcontents
• 取り込むとりこむto capture (e.g. image)
• 渡りわたりimporting