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飲む, 呑む, のむ
Conjugated: 飲まない
Godan verb, Transitive, 呑む refers to swallowing whole or gulping down
1. to drink, to swallow, to take (medicine)
2. to smoke (tobacco)
usu. in the passive
3. to swallow up, to engulf
4. to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.), to keep down, to hold back, to swallow (one's tears), to catch (one's breath)
5. to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.), to agree to
この薬を飲まなければ行けませんか。
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くらい, ぐらい
Suffix, Particle, also written as 位
1. approximately, about, around, or so
2. to (about) the extent that, (almost) enough that, so ... that ..., at least
3. as ... as ..., like
せめて日常会話ができるくらいになりたい。
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の
Particle, See 乃, occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
See が・1
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
often ん
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
Female term or language
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
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