飲む【のむ】
Frequency rank: 665.
- to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine)呑む often means swallowing whole, gulping, etc.
- to smoke (tobacco)also written 喫むsee also 喫む
- to engulf; to overwhelm
- to keep down; to suppress
- to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
- to make light of; to conceal
Godan verb with 'mu' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 飲む【のむ】Frequency rank: 665.
- 呑む【のむ】Frequency rank: 6,705. – 6,712.
- 飮む【のむ】
- のむFrequency rank: 25,241. – 25,394.
Generated word frames (experimental)
[Person] suppresses [Emotion]
[Person] accepts [Condition]
[Person] takes in [Information]
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine)
- to smoke (tobacco)
- to engulf; to overwhelm
- to keep down; to suppress
- to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
- to make light of; to conceal
This usage refers to the act of consuming a liquid or swallowing something, including medicine.
This usage is specifically for smoking tobacco products.
This usage indicates being surrounded or swallowed by something overwhelming.
This usage is about holding back or suppressing something.
This usage is about agreeing to or accepting something.
This usage refers to making light of a matter or concealing the truth.
Don't make light of the issue.
Generated collocations (experimental)
のむ飲むきごう(のむきごう)to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine)みず水をのむ飲むto drink waterおさけお酒をのむ飲むto drink alcoholくすり薬をのむ飲むto take medicineたばこ煙草をのむ飲むto smoke tobaccoのみもの飲み物beverageのみかい飲み会drinking partyいっきにのむ一気に飲むto drink in one gulpのみほうだい飲み放題all-you-can-drinkのみすぎる飲みすぎるto drink too muchしんぱい心配をのみこむ飲み込むto suppress worriesにがいくすり苦い薬をのみこむ飲み込むto swallow bitter medicineあたらしい新しいていあん提案をのむ飲むto accept a new proposalおおきな大きななみ波にのまれる飲まれるto be engulfed by a big waveかるく軽くのむ飲むto make light of (a drink)
Generated related terms (experimental)
のむ飲む【のむ】
To drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine).
のみもの飲み物【のみもの】
Refers to a beverage; something that can be drunk.
Example sentences
1026 results
When you swallow a dangerous substance, what you need to do depends on what you swallowed.
"Can I have it?" "Sorry, I drank it at the hotel!" "Thought so."
A light lunch at MacD's, coffee at Starbucks, then a few drinks with shabu-shabu - that's the way it went.
You've already drunk mummy's milk. Don't cry, please go sleepy-sleep.
It's very easy to drink potato shochu now that the potato-like smell has been reduced to a low level through use of the latest biotechnology.
I usually cut loose a bit and drink plenty before a day off work, but if my drinks are cut with tochu tea, then I get absolutely no hangover.
Cough syrup. If I don't drink a mouthful before going on stage I can't settle down!
12. なんど何度もきごう「やめましょうよきごう」といった言ったのに、なん何ばい杯もわいんワインをのみ飲みひ干しいし--ごらんご覧のとおり通り、よっぱらって酔っ払ってはいハイになってしまったのである。
I kept saying "Let's stop" but she drained cup after cup of wine -- and now, as you can see, she's completely drunk.
If I'm lucky enough for the medicine to work I can get to sleep after 1am but if I don't take it then I can't sleep until about 4am.
We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.