のむ – Vocabulary details

のむ

Verb (5-dan, む, transitive)

1. to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine)

呑む often means swallowing whole, gulping, etc.

2. to smoke (tobacco)

also written 喫む

3. to engulf; to overwhelm

4. to keep down; to suppress

5. to accept (e.g. demand, condition)

6. to make light of; to conceal

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to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears

アップルジュースはもうのみたくない。

I don't want to drink any more apple juice.

彼かの女じょにのませないで。

Don't let her drink.

何なにがのみたい？

What do you want to drink?

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