Japanese Dictionary
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- Reading and JLPT level
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飲む, 呑む, 飮む, 服む
JLPT 5 - Kana Reading
- のむ
- Romaji
- nomu
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `mu' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to drink; to gulp; to swallow
- Example sentence
- 薬を飲み始めると、すぐに痛みなどの症状はとれてきますが、すぐに潰瘍がなおるわけではありません。 When you start taking medicine it begins working on symptoms, like pain, right away, but that doesn't mean that the ulcer heals right away.
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Examples of 飲む, 呑む, 飮む, 服む, のむ in a sentence
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薬を飲み始めると、すぐに痛みなどの症状はとれてきますが、すぐに潰瘍がなおるわけではありません。
When you start taking medicine it begins working on symptoms, like pain, right away, but that doesn't mean that the ulcer heals right away.
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Can I have it? "Sorry, I drank it at the hotel!" "Thought so."
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マックで軽く昼食をとって、スタバでコーヒーを飲んで、しゃぶしゃぶをしながら飲み会という流れだ。
A light lunch at MacD's, coffee at Starbucks, then a few drinks with shabu-shabu - that's the way it went.
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ママのミルクはもう飲んだでちょ?泣かないでネンネしてくだちゃ~い。
You've already drunk mummy's milk. Don't cry, please go sleepy-sleep.
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最新のバイオ技術によって、芋の臭みを最小限に抑え、非常に飲みやすい「芋焼酎」です。
It's very easy to drink potato shochu now that the potato-like smell has been reduced to a low level through use of the latest biotechnology.
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He threw up just as much as he had drunk.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 飲む
- Plain Polite
- 飲みます
- Negative
- 飲まない
- Negative Polite
- 飲みません
Past
- Plain
- 飲んだ
- Plain Polite
- 飲みました
- Negative
- 飲まなかった
- Negative Polite
- 飲みませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 飲んで
- Plain Polite
- 飲みまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 飲まれる
- Plain Polite
- 飲まれます
- Negative
- 飲まれない
- Negative Polite
- 飲まれません
Related Study Lists
Genki 1 Chapter Vocab & Kanji




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