丸め込む|まるめこむmarumekomu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to win over; to seduce
- godan verb, transitive verbto roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 丸め込む(まるめこむ) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 丸め込みます(まるめこみます) |
| Negative (nai) | 丸め込まない(まるめこまない) |
| polite (masen) | 丸め込みません(まるめこみません) |
| classical zu / nu | 丸め込まず・丸め込まぬ(まるめこまず・まるめこまぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 丸め込んだ(まるめこんだ) |
| polite (mashita) | 丸め込みました(まるめこみました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 丸め込まなかった(まるめこまなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 丸め込みませんでした(まるめこみませんでした) |
| Te form | 丸め込んで(まるめこんで) |
| Potential | 丸め込める(まるめこめる) |
| Passive | 丸め込まれる(まるめこまれる) |
| Causative | 丸め込ませる(まるめこませる) |
| Causative passive | 丸め込ませられる・丸め込まされる(まるめこませられる・まるめこまされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 丸め込めば(まるめこめば) |
| tara | 丸め込んだら(まるめこんだら) |
| Volitional | 丸め込もう(まるめこもう) |
| polite (mashou) | 丸め込みましょう(まるめこみましょう) |
| Imperative | 丸め込め(まるめこめ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym口説くくどくNeutralEarnestly persuading or pleading, often wooing someone romantically, as in 「女性を口説く」; 「丸め込む」 carries a deceptive, negative nuance.
- SynonymたらしこむCasualColloquial: sweet-talk or trick someone into your hands so you can have your way; heavier on deception than 「丸め込む」 and rougher in tone.
- Synonym騙し込むだましこむNeutralSkillfully fooling someone completely, with the emphasis on the deception itself; 「丸め込む」 is about winning them over so they comply.
- Related持ち上げるもちあげるNeutralLiterally to lift up; by extension, to flatter. Just puffs the person up so they feel pleased, without 「丸め込む」's aim of making them comply.
- Related騙すだますNeutralThe most common word for deceiving: lying so someone believes something untrue, or humoring a child; doesn't necessarily win compliance like 「丸め込む」.
- Related仕向けるしむけるNeutralSteering someone toward a certain action by any means, not necessarily deceptive; 「丸め込む」 specifically uses sweet talk to win compliance.
- RelatedそそのかすNeutralEgging someone on to do something, usually bad; the stress is on goading them into action, while 「丸め込む」 stresses talking them into compliance.
- RelatedおだてるCasualColloquial: flattering someone to make them feel pleased, or egging them on; flattery is the means, while 「丸め込む」 isn't limited to flattery.
- Related乗せるのせるNeutralLiterally to place on something or give a lift; figuratively, using words to fool someone or get them eagerly to comply, as in 「口車に乗せる」「うまく乗せる」 — close to 「丸め込む」.
- Related誘惑ゆうわくNeutralA noun: tempting someone with beauty, profit, etc. to stray from their intent, as in 「誘惑に負ける」; 「丸め込む」 is verbal persuasion and coaxing.
- Related惑わすまどわすNeutralConfusing someone's judgment, as in 「人心を惑わす」; the point is leaving them unable to tell what's what, while 「丸め込む」 aims at compliance.
- Related欺くあざむくWrittenWritten/formal prose: to deceive, as in 「敵を欺く」; simply fooling the other party, without 「丸め込む」's patient soft-soaping and winning over.
- RelatedごまかすNeutralGlossing over the truth or dodging, as in 「笑ってごまかす」; the point is keeping the truth unnoticed, while 「丸め込む」 wins someone over.
- RelatedたぶらかすWrittenWritten/formal prose: beguiling someone with honeyed words, with a hint of bewitching; 「丸め込む」 stresses winning them over, not clouding their mind.
- RelatedたらすCasualColloquial: coaxing or seducing; now mostly in compounds like 「女たらし」「人たらし」 and rarely alone, while 「丸め込む」 is more generally usable.
- RelatedなだめすかすCasualColloquial: coaxing and soothing — calming someone's anger or displeasure first, then getting them to comply; 「丸め込む」 doesn't presuppose this.
Use 「丸め込む」 for sweet-talking someone into doing as you want, as in 「上司を丸め込む」. For plain deception say 「騙す」, for flattery 「おだてる」, for egging someone into wrongdoing 「唆す」. Others overlap only in part: 「宥めすかす」 adds soothing, 「口説く」 is earnest persuasion or wooing, 「誤魔化す」 is covering up, and 「誘惑」 is a noun for temptation.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


