たらし込こむ

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たらし込む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	たらし込こむ	たらし込こまない
Polite	たらし込こみます	たらし込こみません
Past polite	たらし込こみました	たらし込こみませんでした
Past	たらし込こんだ	たらし込こまなかった
Te-form	たらし込こんで	たらし込こまないで
Desire	たらし込こみたい	たらし込こみたくない
Potential	たらし込こめる	たらし込こめない
Passive	たらし込こまれる	たらし込こまれない
Causative	たらし込こませる	たらし込こませない
Causative passive	たらし込こませられるalso たらし込こまされる	たらし込こませられないalso たらし込こまされない
Volitional	たらし込こもう
Polite volitional	たらし込こみましょう
Imperative	たらし込こめ	たらし込こむな
Conditional	たらし込こめば	たらし込こまなければ
Tara conditional	たらし込こんだら	たらし込こまなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

cajole; deceive; seduce

usually written using kana alone

Describes manipulating someone through sweet talk or flattery, often with a romantic or deceptive intent. The verb implies a gradual, calculated effort to win someone over or trick them.

彼かれは甘あまい言こと葉ばで彼かの女じょをたらし込こもうとした。
He tried to seduce her with sweet words.
詐さ欺ぎ師しは巧たくみな話わ術じゅつで人ひとをたらし込こむ。
The con artist deceives people with skillful talk.

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Kanji

込crowded, mixture, in bulk
誑cheat, coax

Related words

口く説どく
口説く focuses on persistent persuasion, often in a romantic context, but lacks the deceptive nuance of たらし込む. たらし込む emphasizes manipulation and trickery.
騙だます
騙す is a general term for deceiving or tricking someone, without the gradual, coaxing connotation of たらし込む.

Written forms

たらし込こむUsage50%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 誑し込む and 蕩し込む are rare and may not be recognized by all readers.
たらしこむUsage44%
誑たらし込こむUsage6%
Rare kanji spelling using 誑 (deceive, coax); may be encountered in literary or older texts.

Etymology

Compound of たらし (from 誑す, meaning to cajole or deceive) and 込む (to go into, to do thoroughly). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period.