このスープには野菜が入っています。
This soup contains vegetables.
A description of the contents.
Daily Japanese
It contains / I put in｜入る・入れる
Compare ingredients that are already in a dish with ingredients someone intentionally puts in. Choose the verb and particle together.
『野菜が入っています』は今の中身、『野菜を入れます』は入れる動作を伝えます。
Describe what is inside
Nが入っています describes something being inside. In a food example, it describes the ingredients currently contained in a dish.
『スープに野菜が入っています』は、スープの中身の説明です。
Describe putting something in
Nを入れます describes a person putting something in. Pair を with 入れる when the noun is the thing being added.
『スープに野菜を入れます』は、野菜を加える動作です。
Do not infer an ingredient from a picture
The sentences below are fictional grammar practice. For real food, ask or read the actual label; this page does not verify ingredients or allergy safety.
実際の料理の中身は、この例文から判断できません。
Practise this pair first
入る and 入れる form a pair of intransitive and transitive verbs. This lesson practises this pair, not a rule that all verbs ending in る have the same meaning.
『入っています』と『入れます』を、助詞と一緒に練習しましょう。
Examples / 例
These scenes and exercises are fictional examples written for this lesson.
スープに野菜を入れます。
I put vegetables into the soup.
An intentional action.
この箱には本が入っています。
There are books inside this box.
The books are already inside.
この箱に本を入れます。
I put a book into this box.
The book is being put in.
Practice / 練習
Say your answer before opening the explanation.
Q1. Choose the particle: スープに野菜（が／を）入っています。
Answer and explanation
が
入っています describes the contents.
Q2. Choose the particle: 箱に本（が／を）入れます。
Answer and explanation
を
入れます describes putting the book in.
Q3. Does 野菜が入っています necessarily mean someone is adding vegetables now?
Answer and explanation
いいえ。中身の状態を表します。
It describes what is already inside.
Q4. Say that you put vegetables into soup.
Answer and explanation
スープに野菜を入れます。
Use を入れます for the action.
Words / 言葉
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| 入ります | enter; go in |
| 入れます | put in |
| 野菜 | vegetables |
| 箱 | box |
| 中身 | contents |
A phrase to use
何が入っていますか。
What is inside?
Sources
Grammar reference: The Japan Foundation, Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan, Elementary 1. Explanations are concise original summaries; practice examples are original.