飲む
のむ
Also written 呑む
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine) (呑む refers to swallowing whole or gulping down)
- to smoke (tobacco)
- to swallow up; to engulf (usu. in the passive)
- to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down; to hold back; to swallow (one's tears); to catch (one's breath)
- to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.); to agree to
- to make light of (someone); to think nothing of; to overwhelm; to overawe
- to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.); to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)
Kanji
- 飲 drink. Read as のむ.
Example sentences
- 何かお飲みになりますか？
Would you like something to drink? - あの人がそんなにたくさん飲んだと僕は知らなかった。
I didn't know he drank so much. - 私は友達とビールを飲みに行った。
I went to drink a beer with friends. - 薬を飲まなければなりません。
I have to take medicine. - もう薬を飲みましたか？
Have you taken your medicine yet?
Common phrases
- 酒を飲む
- 水を飲む
- お酒を飲む
- 薬を飲む
- 一緒に飲む
- コーヒーを飲む
- ビールを飲む
- お茶を飲む
- 飲みすぎる (のみすぎる) to drink too much
- ワインを飲む
- 飲みやすい (のみやすい) easy to drink
- 牛乳を飲む
- 茶を飲む
- 条件を呑む (じょうけんをのむ) to accept the conditions
- 飲み始める (のみはじめる) to begin to drink
Words containing 飲む
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