含める

• 読み: ふくめる
• ローマ字: fukumeru
• 漢字の分解: 含 (gan/fuku) — contain, include, hold in mouth
• 発音: /ɸɯ.kɯ.me.ɾɯ/

意味

To include; to contain within a group or total. Also means to keep something in mind.

A Group 2 (ichidan) transitive verb conjugated by dropping る. The intransitive pair is 含む (fukumu, to contain). Common patterns: 税を含めて (including tax), AをBに含める (to include A in B). Also used figuratively: 意味を含めて (with implied meaning).

例文

1. 送料を含めて三千円になります。
2. 私を含めて五人が参加した。
3. すべての条件を含めた契約書を作った。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, daily life, explanations

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From 含む (fukumu, to hold in the mouth/contain). The める ending makes it transitive-causative: causing something to be contained.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal