輸ゆ入にゅう

also: しゅにゅう

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

輸入する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General term for importing goods, ideas, or culture from abroad. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

Antonyms: 輸出

noun-modifying (irregular)

afferent

Biology term for nerves or vessels carrying signals toward a central organ; prenominal use only.

Antonyms: 輸出

〈物もの〉を輸ゆ入にゅうするto import something
日本にほんは多おおくの石せき油ゆを輸ゆ入にゅうしている。
Japan imports a lot of oil.
〈場ば所しょ〉から輸ゆ入にゅうするto import from a place
この会かい社しゃはアメリカから小こ麦むぎを輸ゆ入にゅうしている。
This company imports wheat from the United States.
輸ゆ入にゅうが増ふえる／減へるimports increase / decrease
去きょ年ねんから輸ゆ入にゅうが急きゅうに増ふえた。
Imports have suddenly increased since last year.
輸ゆ入にゅうに頼たよるto rely on imports (for something)
日本にほんはエネルギーの多おおくを輸ゆ入にゅうに頼たよっている。
Japan relies on imports for much of its energy.

導どう入にゅうN2sense 1
輸入 specifically refers to importing goods or ideas from abroad, whereas 導入 means introducing a new system, method, or technology, often without any foreign trade sense.
インポート
輸入 is the native Japanese term for importing physical goods in formal/official contexts, while インポート is the loanword often used in casual business or IT speech.
舶はく来らい
輸入 is the standard modern word for importing goods, while 舶来 is a more literary, old-fashioned term often confined to phrases like 舶来品.
逆ぎゃく輸ゆ入にゅう
輸入 is the general word for importing goods from abroad, while 逆輸入 specifically means bringing back something that originally came from one's own country.

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移い入にゅう
輸入 refers specifically to importing goods from a foreign country, while 移入 can describe bringing something in from outside a region, or domestic transport within the same country.
渡わたり
輸入 is the ordinary modern word for importing, while 渡り in this sense is old-fashioned and mostly survives in fixed compounds like 唐渡り.
伝でん来らいN1
輸入 is the neutral, modern term for importing goods, whereas 伝来 usually carries a historical or cultural nuance of ideas or customs being introduced long ago.

輸ゆ出しゅつN4sense 1
export; exportation · efferent
国こく産さんN1
国産 refers to goods produced domestically, whereas 輸入 refers to goods brought in from abroad.

移い入にゅう sense 1
輸入 refers to importing from another country, while 移入 refers to bringing something in from one region to another within the same country (or introducing a species biologically).
導どう入にゅうN2
輸入 specifically means importing goods from abroad, while 導入 more broadly means introducing something new into a system, regardless of origin.
輸ゆ出しゅつ入にゅう
輸出入 covers both exporting and importing together, while 輸入 refers only to bringing goods into the country.

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輸入Usage100%
- ゆにゅう
  Standard kanji form; the reading ゆにゅう is the most common.
- しゅにゅう
  Rare alternative reading; ゆにゅう is overwhelmingly preferred in modern Japanese.
ユニュウUsage<1%
しゅにゅう

Sino-Japanese compound of 輸 (transport) and 入 (enter), literally 'bring in by transport'.