How to say "install" in Japanese

• 入れるいれるJLPT N5approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbAt bottom 'to put in'; its 'install' sense is the software one, as in putting a program or app onto a device. For installing anything other than software, another verb fits better.
  それは引き出ひきだしに入いれておきました。↗

  I put it in the drawer.
• 据え付けるすえつけるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verb'Install' in the concrete sense of mounting or fixing something in place. Typical objects are appliances and pieces of machinery set in position where they are to be used.
• 備えるそなえるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers 'install' in the sense of furnishing or equipping: providing a place with equipment or facilities. The emphasis falls on the equipment being provided rather than on the act of setting it up.
  このビルは非常階段ひじょうかいだんを備そなえている。↗

  The building is equipped with emergency stairs.
• 組み込むくみこむJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbIts 'install' sense is 'incorporate': building something into a larger whole so that it works as part of it. Use this when a feature or component is to be made part of a system.
  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.
• 備え付けるそなえつけるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbTo install or provide something as equipment in a place, fitted there and kept for use. It shares the equip sense of 備える, with the nuance of the item being fitted in position.
  その船ふねはレーダーを備え付そなえつけていない。↗

  The ship is not equipped with radar.

Choose 「入れる」 for installing software, 「据え付ける」 for mounting or fixing equipment in place, 「備える」 and 「備え付ける」 for equipping or furnishing a place with something, and 「組み込む」 for incorporating something into a larger whole.

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

• 入れるいれるto put in
• 据え付けるすえつけるto install
• 備えるそなえるto furnish with
• 組み込むくみこむto insert
• 備え付けるそなえつけるto provide
• 取り付けるとりつけるto install
• 就けるつけるto install (a king, emperor, etc.)
• しつらえるto provide
• 作り付けるつくりつけるto fix (e.g. to a wall)
• 据えるすえるto install
• いただくto have (as one's leader)
• 引くひくto lay on (electricity, gas, etc.)