WORD DETAIL
内包
ないほう
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
内包(ないほう) is an action noun for containing qualities, risks, or meanings within something. - Basic usage:
危険も内包しているsays a plan contains risk alongside convenience, while物語に内包された意味passively modifies meanings contained in a short story.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Active containment and passive modifier
- In
計画が危険を内包する, the plan is the container; in物語に内包された意味, the meanings are what is contained. The grammatical roles of story and meaning should not be reversed.
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