組み込む・組込む|くみこむkumikomu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Which spelling to use
組み込む組み込む is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it when writing this word.
組込む組込む is a less common written form. It can be encountered as a variant, but beginners should choose 組み込む instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
    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.
Conjugation
Dictionary form組み込む(くみこむ)
Polite (masu)組み込みます(くみこみます)
Negative (nai)組み込まない(くみこまない)
polite (masen)組み込みません(くみこみません)
classical zu / nu組み込まず・組み込まぬ(くみこまず・くみこまぬ)
Past (ta)組み込んだ(くみこんだ)
polite (mashita)組み込みました(くみこみました)
Past negative (nakatta)組み込まなかった(くみこまなかった)
polite (masen deshita)組み込みませんでした(くみこみませんでした)
Te form組み込んで(くみこんで)
Potential組み込める(くみこめる)
Passive組み込まれる(くみこまれる)
Causative組み込ませる(くみこませる)
Causative passive組み込ませられる・組み込まされる(くみこませられる・くみこまされる)
Conditional (ba)組み込めば(くみこめば)
tara組み込んだら(くみこんだら)
Volitional組み込もう(くみこもう)
polite (mashou)組み込みましょう(くみこみましょう)
Imperative組み込め(くみこめ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym組み入れるくみいれるNeutralVery close to the headword: work members or items into a whole, as in 「予算に組み入れる」; 「組み込む」 is also common for fitting in parts or components.
  • Synonym盛り込むもりこむNeutralPacks a range of content into a plan or piece of writing, as in 「要望を盛り込む」; the headword stresses fitting something in as part of the overall structure.
  • Synonym取り込むとりこむNeutralBrings things in or imports data, and can also mean winning people over; the headword stresses incorporating something as part of a whole.
  • Synonym織り込むおりこむNeutralLiterally weaves in, and is used for having something factored in beforehand, as in 「株価に織り込み済み」; the headword stresses fitting into the overall structure.
  • Synonym取り入れるとりいれるNeutralAdopts opinions or introduces methods and techniques, as in 「新技術を取り入れる」; the headword stresses building it into the overall structure.
  • Synonym入れるいれるNeutralThe most colloquial word for putting something in; the headword stresses fitting it into a system or plan as a part.
  • Related含めるふくめるNeutralCounts something in or includes it, as in 「税金を含める」; the headword stresses assembling it in as a part of the whole.
  • Related含むふくむNeutralTransitive verb for what something itself contains, as in 「ビタミンを含む」; the headword is the act of actively working something in.
  • Related包含ほうがんWrittenWritten/formal prose for conceptual inclusion; the headword is an act of actively incorporating something.
  • Related統合とうごうNeutralIntegrates several parts into one, as in 「システム統合」; the headword embeds a component into something larger.
  • Related加えるくわえるNeutralThe most general word for adding something on; the headword stresses fitting it in as part of the overall structure.
  • Related内包ないほうWrittenWritten/formal prose for inherently containing contradictions or problems; the headword is an act of actively incorporating something.
  • Antonym取り外すとりはずすNeutralOpposite of the headword on the install–remove axis: to detach or take off something that has been fitted in.
  • Antonym分離するNeutralOpposite of the headword on the merge–separate axis: to separate something out that has been combined in.

Use 「組み込む」 to build something into a system, schedule or plan as a part, as in 「組み込みソフト」 and 「計画に組み込む」. For writing content into a plan or text use 「盛り込む」; for adopting or introducing ideas and methods use 「取り入れる」; for having something factored in beforehand use 「織り込む」. The antonym is 「取り外す」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 何なんかの中なかに物ものを入いれたり、設置せっちしたりすること。
  2. ある物ものや事柄ことがらを全体ぜんたいの一部いちぶとして加くわえること。
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