含める|ふくめるfukumeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto include (in a group or scope)
    ウィンブルドンには、センターコートを含ふくめて18の芝生しばふコートがある。↗
    Wimbledon has eighteen grass courts, including the Center Court.
  2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto instruct; to make one understand
  3. ichidan verb, transitive verbto include (a nuance); to put in (an implication)
  4. ichidan verb, transitive verbto put in (someone's) mouth
  5. ichidan verb, transitive verbto permeate with flavor
Conjugation
Dictionary form含める(ふくめる)
Polite (masu)含めます(ふくめます)
Negative (nai)含めない(ふくめない)
polite (masen)含めません(ふくめません)
classical zu / nu含めず・含めぬ(ふくめず・ふくめぬ)
Past (ta)含めた(ふくめた)
polite (mashita)含めました(ふくめました)
Past negative (nakatta)含めなかった(ふくめなかった)
polite (masen deshita)含めませんでした(ふくめませんでした)
Te form含めて(ふくめて)
Potential含められる(ふくめられる)
Passive含められる(ふくめられる)
Causative含めさせる(ふくめさせる)
Causative passive含めさせられる(ふくめさせられる)
Conditional (ba)含めれば(ふくめれば)
tara含めたら(ふくめたら)
Volitional含めよう(ふくめよう)
polite (mashou)含めましょう(ふくめましょう)
Imperative含めろ(ふくめろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym含むふくむNeutralFor what something itself contains, as in 「税を含む価格」; 「含める」 is the deliberate act of counting something in.
  • Synonym包含ほうがんWrittenWritten/formal prose for inclusion or coverage; leans logical and academic.
  • Synonym盛り込むもりこむNeutralTo pack multiple items into a plan or text, as in 「要望を盛り込む」.
  • Synonym入れるいれるNeutralThe most common everyday word for putting something in, with the broadest range; colloquial.
  • Synonym包めるくるめるNeutralMeans lumping things together; mostly seen in the forms 「言いくるめる」 and 「ひっくるめる」.
  • Related内包ないほうWrittenWritten/formal prose for holding within, as in 「矛盾を内包する」; leans abstract.
  • Related組み込むくみこむNeutralTo build into a system, as in 「計画に組み込む」; stresses becoming part of the whole.
  • Related組み入れるくみいれるWrittenTo incorporate or work in; close to 「組み込む」 but leans written/formal prose.
  • Related取り込むとりこむNeutralTo take in or import data, as in 「写真を取り込む」.
  • Related織り込むおりこむNeutralTo weave in or factor in beforehand, as in 「リスクを織り込む」.
  • Related取り入れるとりいれるNeutralTo introduce or adopt good things; stresses absorbing what comes from outside.
  • Related含有がんゆうWrittenWritten/formal prose for containing an ingredient, as in 「鉄分を含有する」; leans scientific.
  • Related加えるくわえるNeutralTo add or append, focusing on increasing quantity; 「含める」 focuses on counting into a scope.
  • Related包蔵ほうぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose for harboring or holding within, as in 「危険を包蔵する」.
  • Antonym除くのぞくNeutralAntonym: to remove or not count in, as in 「日曜を除く」 — the opposite of 「含める」.
  • Antonym省くはぶくNeutralAntonym: to omit or cut out — the opposite of counting something in with 「含める」.

Use 「含める」 when you deliberately count something into a group or scope. For something that itself contains, say 「含む」; for building into a system, 「組み込む」; for packing several items into a plan or text, 「盛り込む」; for everyday putting in, 「入れる」. To leave something out, use 「除く」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 中なかに物ものを込こめる。
  2. 口くちの中なかに入いれる。
  3. ある範囲はんいに入いれて同様どうように扱あつかう。包含ほうがんする。
  4. 言い聞いいきかせる。
  5. ふくむことができる。
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