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飲む, 呑む, 飮む, のむ
Godan verb, Transitive, 呑む often means swallowing whole, gulping, etc.
1. to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine)
See 喫む, also written 喫む
2. to smoke (tobacco)
3. to engulf, to overwhelm
4. to keep down, to suppress
5. to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
この薬を飲まなければ行けませんか。
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人を飲む, ひとをのむ
Expression, Godan verb
to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)
固唾を飲む, 固唾を呑む, 固唾をのむ, かたずをのむ
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
私は興奮して固唾をのんだ。
爪の垢を煎じて飲む, つめのあかをせんじてのむ
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
to take a lesson from (a wise person), to follow in the footsteps of, to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)
息を呑む, 息を飲む, 息をのむ, 息を嚥む, いきをのむ
Expression, Godan verb
to catch one's breath, to gulp, to have one's breath taken away, to gasp
カール・ランジの記録破りの幅跳びに、観衆は息を呑んだ。
声を呑む, 声を吞む, 声をのむ, 声を飲む, こえをのむ
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
1. to choke up, to be speechless
2. to hold one's tongue
言葉を呑む, 言葉をのむ, 言葉を吞む, 言葉を飲む, ことばをのむ
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
1. to choke up, to be speechless
2. to hold one's tongue