Meaning of こむ in Japanese

Definition of こむ

こむ(komu) 【込む ·混む ·籠む ·篭む】

(v5m, vi) to be crowded; to be packed
この時間は道路がとても込んでいるからね。
The roads are very crowded at this time of the day.
to be complex →Related words: 手の込んだ
(aux-v) to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly
to do intently
to continue in the same state

のめりこむ(nomerikomu) 【のめり込む】

(v5m, vi) to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
推理小説にのめり込んでいる。
I have been absorbed in reading a mystery.

へしこむ(heshikomu) 【圧し込む ·圧しこむ】

かこむ(kakomu) · かごむ(kagomu) 【囲む】

ひきこむ(hikikomu) 【引き込む ·引きこむ ·引込む】

(v5m, vt) to draw in; to win over
彼は長い論争に引き込まれた。
He was engaged in a long argument.

ひきずりこむ(hikizurikomu) 【引き摺り込む ·引き摺りこむ ·引きずり込む ·引摺り込む】

ひっこむ(hikkomu) 【引っ込む ·引っこむ】

(v5m, vi) to draw back; to sink; to cave in
今までどこに引っこんでいたのですか。
Where've you been keeping yourself?
to be set back (e.g. from a road)
to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

はこびこむ(hakobikomu) 【運び込む ·運びこむ】

へこむ(hekomu) 【凹む】

(v5m) to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in
to be overwhelmed; to feel down; to be forced to yield; to be daunted; to be snubbed

おさえこむ(osaekomu) 【押さえ込む ·押え込む ·押さえこむ】

(v5m, vt) to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
政府はインフレを押え込もうと躍起になっている。
The government is desperate to keep inflation down.

おしこむ(oshikomu) 【押し込む ·押しこむ】

(v5m, vi, vt) to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into
ピストルを持った男が彼をせきたてて車に押し込んだ。
A man with a gun urged him into the car.
(vt) to break in; to burglarize