wrap

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 包 means to wrap or envelop; 包む is read つつむ.
• Basic usage: 包む can describe wrapping a gift in paper or mist enveloping a village.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Object and material
  • In 贈り物を青い紙で包む, を marks the object being wrapped and で marks the paper used.
• Reading the word for parcel
  • 小包 is read こづつみ. Relate it to つつむ, but keep the づ in the word rather than reading it as つ.