飲む, 呑む, 飮む, のむ
Conjugated: 飲め
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。
飲める, のめる
Ichidan verb
1. to be able to drink
2. to be worth drinking
2本も飲めなかったから、1本はあなたに残しておきました。
吐いた唾は飲めぬ, はいたつばはのめぬ
Expression, Proverb
words once spoken cannot be taken back