JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate
巻き込む
To drag into, involve, or swallow up in a situation.
Readings
Other forms
巻き込みます polite form
巻き込んで te-form
巻き込んだ past tense
巻き込まれる passive form
巻き込み noun form
捲き込む rare kanji
1 Verb (Godan, Transitive)
To Pull In / To Swallow Up
Refers to physically engulfing or ensnaring an object within a moving force or mechanism.
Example
機械 に 髪 が 巻き込まれ ない よう に 、 結んで ください 。
Please tie up your hair so it doesn't get caught in the machine.
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2 Verb (Godan, Transitive)
To Involve / To Drag Into
Describes entangling someone in trouble, conflict, or a complex affair, usually without their consent.
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