飲み干す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
飲 干
の
Grade: 3 		ほ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
飮み干す (kyūjitai)
飲み乾す

Etymology

Compound of 飲(の)む (nomu, “to drink”) + 干(ほ)す (hosu, “to dry, to desiccate”).

Pronunciation

Verb

飲(の)み干(ほ)す • (nomihosu) transitive godan (stem 飲(の)み干(ほ)し (nomihoshi), past 飲(の)み干(ほ)した (nomihoshita))

  1. drink up, gulp down, empty one's glass
    • 1907, Fred M. White, translated by Masuo Oku, Rengoku [The Nether Millstone]‎:
      メアリの用(よう)意(い)したソーダ水(すい)をぐいと飲(の)み干(ほ)した。
      Meari no yōi shita sōda-sui o gui to nomihoshita.
      (He) drank up the soda water Mary had brought.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "飲み干す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 飲み干さ のみほさ nomihosa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 飲み干し のみほし nomihoshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 飲み干す のみほす nomihosu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 飲み干す のみほす nomihosu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 飲み干せ のみほせ nomihose
Meireikei ("imperative") 飲み干せ のみほせ nomihose
Key constructions
Passive 飲み干される のみほされる nomihosareru
Causative 飲み干させる
飲み干さす 		のみほさせる
のみほさす 		nomihosaseru
nomihosasu
Potential 飲み干せる のみほせる nomihoseru
Volitional 飲み干そう のみほそう nomihosō
Negative 飲み干さない のみほさない nomihosanai
Negative continuative 飲み干さず のみほさず nomihosazu
Formal 飲み干します のみほします nomihoshimasu
Perfective 飲み干した のみほした nomihoshita
Conjunctive 飲み干して のみほして nomihoshite
Hypothetical conditional 飲み干せば のみほせば nomihoseba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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