取り込む・取込む・取りこむ|とりこむtorikomu[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
取り込む取り込む, a mixed kanji-and-kana spelling, is the most common of the three written forms and the recommended choice for beginners; use it as your default spelling.
取込む取込む is a less common mixed kanji-and-kana spelling of 取り込む; you may encounter it in writing, but beginners should normally choose 取り込む.
取りこむ取りこむ is the least common of these three mixed kanji-and-kana spellings; beginners should use 取り込む instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto take in; to bring in; to adopt (e.g. behaviour); to introduce
    もし雨あめになったら洗濯物せんたくものを取り込とりこんでね。↗
    If it rains, take the washing in.
  2. godan verb, transitive verb, computingto capture (e.g. image); to import
  3. godan verb, transitive verbto win over; to please; to curry favour with; to flatter
  4. godan verb, transitive verbto defraud of; to swindle; to embezzle
  5. godan verb, intransitive verbto be busy; to be in confusion; to have trouble
Conjugation
Dictionary form取り込む(とりこむ)
Polite (masu)取り込みます(とりこみます)
Negative (nai)取り込まない(とりこまない)
polite (masen)取り込みません(とりこみません)
classical zu / nu取り込まず・取り込まぬ(とりこまず・とりこまぬ)
Past (ta)取り込んだ(とりこんだ)
polite (mashita)取り込みました(とりこみました)
Past negative (nakatta)取り込まなかった(とりこまなかった)
polite (masen deshita)取り込みませんでした(とりこみませんでした)
Te form取り込んで(とりこんで)
Potential取り込める(とりこめる)
Passive取り込まれる(とりこまれる)
Causative取り込ませる(とりこませる)
Causative passive取り込ませられる・取り込まされる(とりこませられる・とりこまされる)
Conditional (ba)取り込めば(とりこめば)
tara取り込んだら(とりこんだら)
Volitional取り込もう(とりこもう)
polite (mashou)取り込みましょう(とりこみましょう)
Imperative取り込め(とりこめ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym受け入れるうけいれるNeutralAccepts requests or people, as in 「難民を受け入れる」; 「取り込む」 leans toward absorbing things in or winning someone over.
  • Synonym取り入れるとりいれるNeutralAdopts or introduces ideas and technology, or harvests crops, as in 「意見を取り入れる」; 「取り込む」 is more about taking things into your own camp or importing data.
  • Synonym組み込むくみこむNeutralBuilds something in as part of a whole, as in 「日程に組み込む」; 「取り込む」 is more about absorbing something in.
  • Synonym組み入れるくみいれるWrittenWritten verb for working something into a larger whole, as in 「予算に組み入れる」; 「取り込む」 leans toward absorbing or winning over.
  • Synonym盛り込むもりこむWrittenWritten verb for packing varied content into a plan or proposal, as in 「提案に盛り込む」; 「取り込む」 is more simply about taking things in.
  • Synonym織り込むおりこむWrittenWritten verb for weaving something in or factoring it in ahead of time, as in 「織り込み済み」; 「取り込む」 is about absorbing.
  • Related丸め込むまるめこむCasualColloquial: wins someone over with smooth talk, as in 「上手く丸め込む」; 「取り込む」 can also mean winning people over but stays more neutral.
  • RelatedたらしこむCasualColloquial: tricks or seduces someone to make them your own; 「取り込む」 is the neutral choice for winning over or taking in.
  • Antonym取り出すとりだすNeutralAntonym: takes something out from within, the opposite of 「取り込む」's bringing things in.
  • Antonym排出するWrittenWritten antonym: discharges waste outward, the opposite of 「取り込む」's taking things in.

Use 「取り込む」 for taking things in, importing data, or winning people over, as in 「洗濯物を取り込む」「画像を取り込む」. For adopting ideas use 「取り入れる」, for accepting use 「受け入れる」, for coaxing someone over use 「丸め込む」; the opposite is 「取り出す」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 仕事しごとなどが立て込たてこみ多忙たぼうである。
  2. 物ものを取り入とりいれる。
  3. 手てに入いれる。
  4. 丸め込まるめこむ。
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