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[From JapanesePod101:](http://blogs.japanesepod101.com/blog/2014/08/08/)

> 十四番のボールは、緑の帯が入っている。  
>  The fourteen ball has a green stripe.

I'm not sure how and why 入る is being used here. There doesn't seem to be any
clear fit amongst the dictionary meanings of
[入る](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/174460/m0u/%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8B/). I
usually understand 入る as `to enter/to be inside (intransitive)`, so the stripe
instead of the ball being the subject of 入る seems a bit weird - shouldn't the
ball be "inside" the stripe?
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Meaning of 入る in 帯が入る
According to a
[大辞林](http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%AF%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B), “入る (はいる)”
also means that something exists on something else. Thus, your example means
that a green stripe is on the ball.

The dictionary provides another example: “ネームの入った便箋” (a letter with your name
on it). In my experience, this meaning of “入る” is used only when something is
written or drawn.

A related example is “ひびが入る”, which is listed as another meaning in the
dictionary.
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