ふくめる

ふくめる · fukumeru · JLPT N2 · verb-ichidan

to include

📦 含む (hold in) + causative: make it held in = include; make sink in = understand

Built from 含む (fukumu, to hold inside) plus the causative ending める, so it means to cause something to be held inside: include. Extended to making a point sink in, it means to instruct or make someone understand.

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