Japanese

Verb

飲む ‎(transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana のむ, romaji nomu)

1. to drink, to gulp, to swallow; to eat (soup)

   私 (わたし)たちはさじでスープを飲 (の)む。

   Watashitachi wa saji de sūpu o nomu.

   We eat soup with a spoon.

   私 (わたし)はミルクを飲 (の)んでいた。

   Watashi wa miruku o nondeita.

   I was drinking milk.

2. (smoking) to smoke tobacco
3. to overwhelm, to engulf
4. to suppress, to keep down
5. to accept something like a demand or a condition

Conjugation

Derived terms

• 飲 (の)み物 (もの) ‎(nomimono, “n. drink”)
• 飲 (の)み放題 (ほうだい) ‎(nomihōdai, “all you can drink”)
• 飲 (の)み干 (ほ)す ‎(nomihosu, “empty one's glass)”)