挿入|そうにゅうsounyuu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinsertion; interposition; interpolation; infixing; (sexual) penetration
    The writer has a parenthetic style.
  2. noun, mathinterpolation
  3. noun, grammarinfix
Conjugation
Dictionary form挿入する(そうにゅうする)
Polite (masu)挿入します(そうにゅうします)
Negative (nai)挿入しない(そうにゅうしない)
polite (masen)挿入しません(そうにゅうしません)
classical zu / nu挿入せず・挿入せぬ(そうにゅうせず・そうにゅうせぬ)
Past (ta)挿入した(そうにゅうした)
polite (mashita)挿入しました(そうにゅうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)挿入しなかった(そうにゅうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)挿入しませんでした(そうにゅうしませんでした)
Te form挿入して(そうにゅうして)
Potential挿入できる(そうにゅうできる)
Passive挿入される(そうにゅうされる)
Causative挿入させる(そうにゅうさせる)
Causative passive挿入させられる(そうにゅうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)挿入すれば(そうにゅうすれば)
tara挿入したら(そうにゅうしたら)
Volitional挿入しよう(そうにゅうしよう)
polite (mashou)挿入しましょう(そうにゅうしましょう)
Imperative挿入しろ(そうにゅうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym差し込むさしこむNeutralA neutral verb: to put something in, or for light to stream in; also stomach cramps, as in 「プラグを差し込む」. 「挿入」 is the more written Sino-Japanese term; the verb is 「挿入する」.
  • Synonym差し入れさしいれNeutralA neutral word for sending food or items to someone, e.g. a prisoner, as in 「差し入れのお菓子」. 「挿入」 stays closer to the act of insertion.
  • SynonymインサートWrittenA written loanword for an insertion operation or an insert shot (a close-up cut into a film or video). 「挿入」 is the general Sino-Japanese word.
  • Synonym挿すさすNeutralA neutral verb for arranging flowers or planting cuttings, as in 「花を挿す」. 「挿入」 is the written term for the act of inserting something.
  • Related差し入れるさしいれるNeutralA neutral verb: to put something in, or to send items to a prisoner. 「挿入」 stays closer to the plain act of insertion.
  • Related組み込むくみこむNeutralA neutral verb for fitting something in as part of a whole, as in 「日程に組み込む」. 「挿入」 stays closer to simply putting something in.
  • Related組み入れるくみいれるWrittenA written verb for working something into a whole. 「挿入」 stays closer to putting something in.
  • Related差し挟むさしはさむWrittenA written verb: to slip something between things, or to interject a word, as in 「口を差し挟む」. 「挿入」 stays closer to insertion itself.
  • Related挟み込むはさみこむNeutralA neutral verb for tucking something in between two things, as in 「書類を挟み込む」. 「挿入」 stays closer to the act of insertion.
  • Related挿れるいれるCasualA colloquial verb for insertion as part of intercourse — easy to misuse. 「挿入」 is the neutral, written term.
  • Antonym除去じょきょWrittenWritten word for removing or getting rid of something — the opposite of 「挿入」 on the insert-versus-remove axis.
  • Antonym抜去ばっきょWrittenWritten word for pulling something out from the root, as in 「カテーテル抜去」 — the opposite of 「挿入」 on the insert-versus-extract axis.

Use 「挿入」 for putting something in, as in 「挿入歌」 or 「カードを挿入する」; it is a written-leaning Sino-Japanese word, also 「挿入する」. For everyday putting-in use 「差し込む」, for flowers 「挿す」, for tucking between 「挟み込む」, for incorporating 「組み込む」. 「インサート」 covers insert shots; 「差し入れる」「差し入れ」 are about sending items to people; 「挿れる」 is colloquial and sexual — avoid it. Opposites: 「抜去」「除去」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. せまいすきまなどに棒状ぼうじょうのものなどを差し入さしいれること。差し込さしこむこと。
  2. 特とくに陰茎いんけいや似にた形状けいじょうのものを膣ちつなどに差し入さしいれること。
  3. 中なかや間まにつけくわえること。
  4. 電子でんし文書ぶんしょやワークシートなどで、語句ごくやデータ、セルなどを追加ついかすること。
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