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    3. 飲む

    飲む

    飲のむ​

    to drink

    N5KMT10News #35+2CoreRef L1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeFood & DiningKanji Vocab15 strokes

    呑む飮む

    のむ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to drink, to swallow, to take (medicine)
    2.
    to smoke (tobacco)
    3.
    to swallow up, to engulf
    4.
    to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.), to keep down, to hold back, to swallow (one's tears), to catch (one's breath)
    5.
    to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.), to agree to
    6.
    to make light of (someone), to think nothing of, to overwhelm, to overawe
    7.
    to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.), to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)

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    水みずを飲のみます。

    I drink water.

    KMT2Daily Life
    夕ゆう食しょくにはワインを一い杯っぱ飲いむのが好すきだ。

    I like to drink a glass of wine with dinner.

    KMT5Food & Dining
    毎まい朝あさ、目め覚ざめの一いっ杯ぱいとしてコーヒーを飲のむのが日にっ課かです。

    Drinking a cup of coffee to wake up every morning is my routine.

    KMT6Daily LifeFood & Dining
    彼かれは苦にがい薬クスリを無む理りに飲のんだ。

    He forced himself to drink the bitter medicine.

    KMT10Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    その会かい社しゃは競きょう合ごう他た社しゃを飲のみ込こみ、市し場じょうを独どく占せんした。

    That company swallowed up its competitors and monopolized the market.

    KMT10Business & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    飲
    の.む・-の.み…(2)
    drink・smoke・take
    Kanji
    む
    mu
    Kana
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