✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Common in business settings (e.g., 申し込む – to apply, 検討し込む – to examine deeply).
Used frequently in daily conversation for physical movement or emotional states (e.g., 落ち込む – to be depressed).
Standard in literature and news to describe complex physical or psychological actions.
Highly common in spoken Japanese to add nuance to simple actions.
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
込む (komu) is a Group 1 (U-verb). It conjugates like any other verb: 込まない, 込みます, 込んだ, 込めば, etc.
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
When combined, the stress often falls slightly on the first syllable of ‘komu’ to emphasize the additional nuance.
🧠 Memory Tips
Think of ‘komu’ as the kanji 込 which contains ‘movement’ (辶) and ‘inside’ (入). It literally means ‘to move into’ or ‘to get deep into’ a task.
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