込こめる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

load; charge

Used for loading ammunition or a charge into a gun or similar weapon. The common pattern is 銃に弾を込める.

• 猟りょう師しは銃じゅうに弾たまを込こめた。

  The hunter loaded bullets into the gun.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

put into; infuse with; put one's feelings or effort into

Very common with feelings, prayers, effort, or intent: 気持ちを込める, 心を込める, 力を込める. Often used in the te-form 込めて.

• 感かん謝しゃの気き持もちを込こめて手て紙がみを書かいた。

  I wrote the letter with feelings of gratitude.

• 彼かの女じょは一ひとつ一ひとつの言こと葉ばに力ちからを込こめた。

  She put force into every word.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

include; include in a price or amount

Used when a price or total already includes something such as tax, shipping, or a fee. This overlaps with 含める but often sounds like the item has been put into the total.

• 送そう料りょうを込こめて三さん千ぜん円えんです。

  It is three thousand yen including shipping.

• この値ね段だんには消しょう費ひ税ぜいが込こめられています。

  Consumption tax is included in this price.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

hang over; enshroud; envelop

As a standalone intransitive verb this use is uncommon in modern Japanese; the idea is most naturally encountered in the compound 立ち込める, used of mist, smoke, smells, and similar things filling or hanging over a place.

See also: 立ち込める

• 谷たにには朝あさ霧ぎりが立たち込こめていた。

  Morning mist hung over the valley.