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飲む - Japanese Dictionary | immit
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飲む
のむ
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Also written
呑む
variant
吞む
rare kanji
very common
動詞 / verb
1
to drink, to swallow, to take (medicine)
運動の後は水をたくさん飲むようにしている。
I make a point of drinking plenty of water after exercise.
この薬は食後に飲んでください。
Please take this medicine after meals.
朝はいつもコーヒーを一杯飲んでから出かける。
I always have a cup of coffee before I head out in the morning.
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飲み込む
antonym
吐く
2
to drink (alcohol)
今夜は同僚と飲みに行く約束がある。
I've arranged to go out drinking with colleagues tonight.
父は毎晩少しだけ飲む。
My father drinks a little every evening.
車で来たので、今日は飲めません。
I came by car, so I can't drink today.
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飲酒
3
to accept, to agree to, to swallow (demands)
会社は組合の要求を飲むことにした。
The company decided to accept the union's demands.
その条件はとても飲めない。
Those terms are simply unacceptable.
相手の提案を飲む代わりに、こちらも一つ条件を出した。
In exchange for agreeing to their proposal, we set one condition of our own.
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受け入れる
承諾
受諾
antonym
拒む
antonym
断る
antonym
拒否
4
to hold back, to suppress, to catch (one's breath)
あまりの絶景に思わず息を飲んだ。
The view was so spectacular that I caught my breath.
彼女は涙を飲んで故郷を後にした。
Holding back her tears, she left her hometown.
言いかけた言葉を飲んで、彼は黙り込んだ。
He swallowed the words he was about to say and fell silent.
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堪える
5
to engulf, to swallow up
小舟は大波に飲まれて見えなくなった。
The small boat was swallowed up by a huge wave and disappeared.
村は濁流に飲まれてしまった。
The village was engulfed by the muddy torrent.
新人は会場の雰囲気に飲まれて実力を出せなかった。
The rookie was overwhelmed by the atmosphere of the venue and couldn't perform at his best.
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飲み込む
6
to make light of, to overwhelm (an opponent)
王者は挑戦者を完全に飲んでかかっていた。
The champion went in treating the challenger as no threat at all.
試合開始直後から、相手チームに飲まれてしまった。
From the moment the match started, we were overwhelmed by the other team.
相手を飲むくらいの気迫で臨め。
Go in with enough spirit to overpower your opponent.
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polite
negative
present
飲む
past
飲んだ
volitional
飲もう
imperative
飲め
potential
飲める
passive
飲まれる
causative
飲ませる
-te form
飲んで
conditional
飲めば
conditional (-tara)
飲んだら
stem
飲み
desire (-tai)
飲みたい
desire, past (-takatta)
飲みたかった
negative (-zu)
飲まず
negative
negative (-nu)
飲まぬ
negative
negative conditional (-neba)
飲まねば
negative
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