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飲む
呑む
Readings
のむ nomu
English
Godan verb with 'mu' ending Transitive verb 呑む refers to swallowing whole or gulping down to drink, to swallow, to take (medicine) to smoke (tobacco) usu. in the passive to swallow up, to engulf to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.), to keep down, to hold back, to swallow (one's tears), to catch (one's breath) to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.), to agree to to make light of (someone), to think nothing of, to overwhelm, to overawe to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.), to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)
Present, Future 飲む, 飲みます [does], will [do] 飲まない, 飲みません doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 飲んだ, 飲みました [did] 飲まなかった, 飲みませんでした didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 飲んで, 飲みまして 飲まないで, 飲みませんで 飲まなくて Progressive 飲んでいる, 飲んでいます [doing], to be [doing] 飲んでいない, 飲んでいません not [doing] Volitional 飲もう, 飲みましょう let's [do]!, I/we will [do], I/we intend to [do] 飲むまい, 飲みますまい I will not [do], I do not intend to [do] Imperative 飲め, 飲みなさい [do] ! 飲むな, 飲みなさるな don't [do] ! Request 飲んでください please [do] 飲まないでください please don't [do] Provisional 飲めば if X [does], if X [is ~] 飲まなければ if X doesn't [do], if X [is not ~] Conditional 飲んだら, 飲みましたら if X were to [do], when X [does] 飲まなかったら, 飲みませんでしたら if X weren't to [do], when X doesn't [do] Potential 飲める, 飲めます be able to [do], can [do] 飲めない, 飲めません not be able to [do], can't [do] Passive, Respectful 飲まれる, 飲まれます is [done] (by ...), will be [done] (by ...) 飲まれない, 飲まれません isn't [done] (by ...), will not be [done] (by ...) Causative 飲ませる, 飲ませます makes/will make (someone) [do] 飲ませない, 飲ませません doesn't/won't make (someone) [do] Causative passive 飲ませられる, 飲ませられます is made/will be made to [do] (by someone) 飲ませられない, 飲ませられません isn't made/won't be made to [do] (by someone) ~たい form 飲みたい want to [do] 飲みたくない don't want to [do]