込む

こむ · komu · JLPT N4 · verb-godan

to be crowded

🚃 komu sounds like commute: the commuter train is always crowded

Komu is the first two syllables of commute, and rush-hour commuting means packed trains. The kanji 込 is 入 (enter) plus the movement radical 辶: everyone entering and moving in at once makes a place crowded.

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