注そそぎ込こむ

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注ぎ込む · godan verb (-mu)

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

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

pour in (liquid)

Physical action of pouring a liquid into a container or space. Often used with に or へ for the destination.

コップに水みずを注そそぎ込こむ。
I pour water into the glass.
やかんから急きゅう須すにお湯ゆを注そそぎ込こんだ。
I poured hot water from the kettle into the teapot.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

pour in (money); invest heavily

Metaphorical use for putting large amounts of money, resources, or effort into something. Common in business and economic contexts.

政せい府ふは景けい気き対たい策さくに多た額がくの資し金きんを注そそぎ込こんだ。
The government poured a large amount of money into economic measures.
彼かれは研けん究きゅう開かい発はつに私し財ざいを注そそぎ込こんでいる。
He is pouring his personal fortune into research and development.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を〈場ば所しょ〉に注そそぎ込こむto pour a liquid into a container or space
コップに水みずを注そそぎ込こんだ。
I poured water into the glass.
〈事こと〉に資し金きんを注そそぎ込こむto invest a large amount of money into a project or venture
会かい社しゃは新しん製せい品ひんの開かい発はつに資し金きんを注そそぎ込こんだ。
The company poured a lot of money into developing the new product.
〈事こと〉に全ぜん力りょくを注そそぎ込こむto devote all one's effort to something
彼かれはこのプロジェクトに全ぜん力りょくを注そそぎ込こんだ。
He poured all his effort into this project.

Kanji

注pour, irrigate, shed (tears)
込crowded, mixture, in bulk

Related words

注そそぐN3
注ぐ is the plain verb for pouring or concentrating something, while 注ぎ込む adds the sense of pouring a large amount into a specific destination.
投とう入にゅうN1sense 2
投入する is a formal, business-style term for putting in resources or money, whereas 注ぎ込む is more vivid and can describe both literal pouring and heavy investment.
投とう資しN2sense 2
投資する specifically means to invest money for financial return, while 注ぎ込む can describe pouring in money, time, or effort without implying a return.
傾かたむけるN1sense 2
傾ける is used for pouring one's attention or energy (as in 力を傾ける), while 注ぎ込む emphasizes filling something up with a large quantity.
費ついやすN2sense 2
費やす means to spend or use up time, money, or effort, while 注ぎ込む focuses on the image of directing that resource intensively into a target.

Built from

注そそぐ+込こむ

Written forms

注そそぎ込こむUsage69%
Standard kanji spelling; common in news and business contexts.
注そそぎこむUsage22%
Variant with こむ in kana; less common but still seen.
そそぎこむUsage6%
そそぎ込こむUsage2%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; rarely used.

Etymology

Compound of 注ぎ (continuative form of 注ぐ 'to pour') + 込む 'to go into', literally 'pour into'. The metaphorical financial sense developed from the physical pouring image.