飲む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
飮む (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 飲む – see the following entry.
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飲む, 呑む: to drink, to gulp, to swallow; to eat (soup)
飲む, 喫む: (smoking) to smoke tobacco
飲む: to overwhelm, to engulf
飲む: to suppress, to keep down
飲む, 呑む: to take (medicine)
飲む, 呑む: to accept something like a demand or a condition
Alternative spellings
呑む, 喫む
(This term, 飲む, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)