Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 仕込む(しこむ) in Japanese

仕込む
Kana Reading
しこむ
Romaji
shikomu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Godan verb with `mu' ending, transitive verb
    Meaning
    to train; to teach; to educate
    Example sentence
    老犬に新しい芸は仕込めない。 You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to acquire (information); to learn; to cram
    Example sentence
    彼は乗馬を仕込まれた。 He was brought up to riding.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to stock; to stock up on
    Example sentence
    年取った犬に新しい芸を仕込めない。 You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing)
    Example sentence
    全く罰を与えなくても子供達にちゃんとした礼儀作法を仕込めます。 You can teach good manners to children without resorting to punishment.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to insert; to build into; to fit
    Example sentence
    この猿は、きちんと仕込めばいろいろな芸ができるようになるだろう。 The monkey, trained properly, will be able to do a lot of tricks.

Examples of 仕込む, しこむ in a sentence

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
仕込む
Plain Polite
仕込みます
Negative
仕込まない
Negative Polite
仕込みません

Past

Plain
仕込んだ
Plain Polite
仕込みました
Negative
仕込まなかった
Negative Polite
仕込みませんでした

Te

Plain
仕込んで
Plain Polite
仕込みまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
仕込まれる
Plain Polite
仕込まれます
Negative
仕込まれない
Negative Polite
仕込まれません
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Kanji in this word

込 JLPT 3

5 strokes

crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

On'Yomi:

Kun'Yomi: -こ.む, こ.む, こ.み, -こ.み, こ.める

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仕 JLPT 4

5 strokes

attend, doing, official, serve

On'Yomi: シ, ジ

Kun'Yomi: つか.える

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