飲む
のむ · nomu
To drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine)
- to smoke (tobacco)
- to engulf, to overwhelm
- to keep down, to suppress
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Example sentences
湯上がりに牛乳を飲むのが、ここでの楽しみなんです。
ゆあがりにぎゅうにゅうをのむのが、ここでのたのしみなんです。
Drinking milk after the bath is my pleasure here.
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私は毎朝コーヒーを飲む。
わたしはまいあさこーひーをのむ。
I drink coffee every morning.
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薬を飲むまで水を飲まないでください。
くすりをのむまでみずをのまないでください。
Please don't drink water until you take the medicine.
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父は食事の後でいつもコーヒーを飲む。
ちちはしょくじのあとでいつもこーひーをのむ。
Father always drinks coffee after meals.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 飲みますのみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 飲みませんのみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 飲みましたのみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 飲みませんでしたのみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 飲みましょうのみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 飲みのみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 飲みたいのみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 飲みながらのみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 飲んでのんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 飲んだのんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 飲んだらのんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 飲んでいるのんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 飲まないのまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 飲まなかったのまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 飲まなくてのまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 飲めるのめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 飲めばのめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 飲めのめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 飲もうのもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 飲まれるのまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 飲ませるのませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 飲まされるのまされる |
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What does 飲む mean?
To drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine). It can also mean: to smoke (tobacco); to engulf, to overwhelm; to keep down, to suppress.
How do you pronounce 飲む?
のむ (nomu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 飲む?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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