仕込む

仕込む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仕	込
し Grade: 3	こ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しこ​む [shìkóꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiko̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

仕込む (godan conjugation, hiragana しこむ, rōmaji shikomu)

1. to teach, to train

   犬 (いぬ)に芸 (げい)を仕 (し)込 (こ)む

   inu ni gei o shikomu

   to teach a dog tricks

2. to set up, to install

   隠 (かく)しカメラを仕 (し)込 (こ)む

   kakushi-kamera o shikomu

   to install a secret camera

   マルウェアが仕 (し)込 (こ)まれたサイト

   maruwea ga shikomareta saito

   website that contains malware

   (literally, “website that has had malware installed”)

3. to prepare the ingredients for brewing

   酒 (さけ)を仕 (し)込 (こ)む

   sake o shikomu

   to prepare the ingredients for saké

Conjugation

Conjugation of "仕込む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	仕込ま	しこま	shikoma
Continuative (連用形)	仕込み	しこみ	shikomi
Terminal (終止形)	仕込む	しこむ	shikomu
Attributive (連体形)	仕込む	しこむ	shikomu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	仕込め	しこめ	shikome
Imperative (命令形)	仕込め	しこめ	shikome
Key constructions
Passive	仕込まれる	しこまれる	shikomareru
Causative	仕込ませる 仕込ます	しこませる しこます	shikomaseru shikomasu
Potential	仕込める	しこめる	shikomeru
Volitional	仕込もう	しこもう	shikomō
Negative	仕込まない	しこまない	shikomanai
Negative continuative	仕込まず	しこまず	shikomazu
Formal	仕込みます	しこみます	shikomimasu
Perfective	仕込んだ	しこんだ	shikonda
Conjunctive	仕込んで	しこんで	shikonde
Hypothetical conditional	仕込めば	しこめば	shikomeba

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN