入れる

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. カバンに本を入れます。▶ —
   I put the book in the bag.
2. コーヒーに砂糖を入れますか。▶ —
   Do you take sugar in your coffee?

Collocations

Mnemonic

入れる ireru — transitive pair of 入る "to put in". Works for food, objects, people, information. Powerful in compound verbs: 受け入れる (ukeireru, accept), 取り入れる (toriireru, incorporate), 差し入れる (sashiireru, slip in / bring a treat), 書き入れる (kakiireru, write in). Idiom 気に入る (ki ni iru, "enter the spirit" = take a liking — note iru, not hairu) — same kanji, different reading. Watch the trap.

Quick check

1. Reading of the idiom 気に入る (to take a liking)?

   • ki ni iru (irregular reading for this idiom)
   • ki ni hairu (regular but wrong here)
   • ki ni ireru (transitive form, wrong)
   • ki ni hairareru (passive, wrong)