Meanings
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
Pitch accent
Top 7200
Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
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
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to drink in one gulp
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
to accept the conditions
to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)
to be breastfed
to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)
drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution
to drink (whisky, whiskey) straight
to have a smoke
person who likes to drink
Examples (200 in total)
I don't want to drink any more apple juice.
Don't let her drink.
What do you want to drink?