入る

Meanings

1. to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive
2. to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to enroll (in); to go into (e.g. politics); to get into
3. to be contained (in); to be included (in); to be inside (e.g. a box); to come under (a heading); to belong (in a category)
4. to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.); to be (able to be) held; to be (able to be) accommodated
5. to be introduced; to be brought in; to be installed

Part of speech: godan verb (る), intransitive

Kanji

• 入

  Meanings

  enter, insert

  On reading

  ニュウ、ジュ

  Kun reading

  い.る、-い.る、-い.り、い.れる、-い.れ、はい.る

  Strokes

  2

Example sentences

• 日本の家に入るときには靴を脱がなくてはなりません。

  You must remove your shoes when you enter a Japanese house.

  Tatoeba #122660 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 目に砂が入りました。

  I got some sand in my eye.

  Tatoeba #79972 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 彼は大学へ進まず実業界に入った。

  He entered the business world instead of going on to college.

  Tatoeba #102444 · CC BY 2.0 FR