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。
のむべ , 飲む べ
Usually in kana
person who likes to drink
一服飲む , いっぷくのむ
Godan verb
to have a smoke
もう薬を一服飲む時間ですよ。
生で飲む , きでのむ
Godan verb
to drink (whisky, whiskey) straight
彼はウイスキーを生で飲んだ。
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)
一気に飲む , いっきにのむ
Expression , Godan verb
to drink in one gulp
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。
飲む 打つ買う, のむうつかう
drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution
おっぱいを飲む , おっぱいをのむ
Expression , Godan verb
to be breastfed
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。
息を呑むほど , 息を飲む ほど , いきをのむほど
Expression , May take 'no'
breathtaking
息を呑むよう , 息を飲む よう , いきをのむよう
Expression , NA-adjective
breathtaking , thrilling
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