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    3. 飲み込む

    飲み込む

    飲のみ​込こむ​

    to swallow

    N1KMT10News #40+1CoreVerb, TransitiveFood & DiningKanji Vocab22 strokes

    呑み込む飲みこむ呑みこむのみ込む飲込む呑込む

    のみこむ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to swallow, to gulp down
    2.
    to understand, to grasp, to take in, to catch on, to learn
    3.
    to engulf, to swallow up
    4.
    to be filled with (people), to contain
    5.
    to swallow (one's words), to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.), to stifle, to hold back

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    薬くすりを水みずで飲のみ込こんだ。

    I swallowed the medicine with water.

    KMT8Food & DiningDaily Life
    彼かれは難むずかしい理り論ろんをすぐに飲のみ込こんだ。

    He quickly grasped the difficult theory.

    KMT10EducationScience & Math
    怒いかりをぐっと飲のみ込こんで、冷れい静せいに対なたい応おうした。

    I suppressed my anger and responded calmly.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    急いそいで食たべたので、あまり噛かまずに飲のみ込こんでしまった。

    Because I ate quickly, I swallowed it without chewing much.

    KMT10Food & DiningDaily Life
    新あたらしいプログラミング言げん語ごの概がい念ねんを飲のみ込こむのに時じ間かんがかかった。

    It took time to grasp the concepts of the new programming language.

    KMT10EducationTechnology

    Characters that make up this word

    飲
    の.む・-の.み…(2)
    drink・smoke・take
    Kanji
    込
    -こ.む・こ.む・こ.み・-こ.み・こ.める…(2)
    crowded・mixture・in bulk・included・(kokuji)
    Kanji
    み
    mi
    Kana
    む
    mu
    Kana
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