notes

• abstract metaphors are based on physical expressions
• 「込む」 is made up of the kanji for enter/insert (「入る」) and the free radical for road and roughly means “putting in in large quantities”
  • ex: 「込んでいる」 means “crowded”
• 「込む」 is often attached to the 「い」 stem of other verbs
  • ex: 「飛び込む」 means “to jump/fly into”
  • ex: 「黙り込む」 means “to quickly become silent”
  • ex: 「読み込む」 means “to read many times over”, “to read thoroughly”, “to load (by reading data)”, and more (cramming in information by reading)
  • ex: 「思い込む」 means “having thoughts lodged in your mind” (can mean conviction, determination, obsession, and more)

    resources

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