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加える

くわえる

to add, to include

Mnemonic

You put your power and your voice in on top of whatever was already there. Salt and pepper, and a quaver くわえ of a voice adding them: くわえる.

Worth knowing

含める ふくめる is counting something in that was there all along. 加える is putting in something that was not.

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力 power + 口 mouth

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