入

入	Meanings: enter, go in, insert On Readings: ニュウ nyuu Kun Readings: い（る） i(ru), い（れる） i(reru), はい（る） hai(ru) Most Used Pronunciation: i(ru) JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 入 Stroke Number: 2

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Common jukugo
入口 - いり　ぐち iri guchi - entrance
立入禁止 - たち　いり　きん　し tachi iri kin shi - do not enter; no trespassing
歳入 - さい　にゅう sai nyuu - revenue, annual income

Useful Examples
Japanese: 喫茶店に入りましょう。
Romaji: kissaten ni hairimashou.
English: Let's go in to a cafe.

Japanese: 我が家の家計は収入の割に支出が多すぎる。
Romaji: waga ga ya no kakei wa shuunyuu no wari ni shishutsu ga oosugiru.
Literal: our family's household economy as-for outgo part is excessive
English: Our family spends too much for the income we have.

Japanese: その村へ入るには川から入るしかなかった。
Romaji: sono mura e hairu ni wa kawa kara hairu shikanakatta.
English: The only access to the village is from the river.

Japanese: そのデータはコンピューターに入力された。
Romaji: sono de-ta wa konpyu-ta- ni nyuuryoku sareta.
English: The data has been fed into the computer.

Japanese: この色、気に入りましたか。
Romaji: kono iro, ki ni irimashita ka.
English: Do you like this color?

Japanese: 紙に自分の名を記入した。
Romaji: kami ni jibun no mei o kinyuu shita.
English: I filled in my name on the paper.

Japanese: 何人かの少年が教室に入ってきた。
Romaji: nanninka no shounen ga kyoushitsu ni haitte kita.
English: Some boys came into the classroom.

Japanese: 母は今入院しています。
Romaji: haha wa ima nyuuin shite imasu.
English: My mother is in the hospital now.

Japanese: この部屋はとても気に入っている。
Romaji: kono heya wa totemo ki ni itte iru.
English: I am quite comfortable in this room.

Japanese: また大学の入学試験を受けるなんてやだ。
Romaji: mata daigaku no nyuugaku shiken o ukeru nante ya da.
English: I can't stand to take another university entrance exam!

Japanese: ラジオに雑音が入る。
Romaji: rajio ni zatsuon ga hairu.
English: The radio is disturbed by noises.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
It looks very much like the kanji for a person (人) but with a little hat on.

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.