I Love Kanji飲み込む (nomikomu)
飲み込む (のみこむ, nomikomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to swallow; to gulp down”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- のみこむ
- Romaji
- nomikomu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to swallow; to gulp down · godan verb, transitive
- to understand; to grasp; to take in; to catch on; to learn · godan verb, transitive
- to engulf; to swallow up · godan verb, transitive
- to be filled with (people); to contain · godan verb, transitive
- to swallow (one's words); to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.); to stifle; to hold back · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 飲み込む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 飲み込む | のみこむ nomikomu |
| Polite (~masu) | 飲み込みます | のみこみます nomikomimasu |
| Negative | 飲み込まない | のみこまない nomikomanai |
| Polite negative | 飲み込みません | のみこみません nomikomimasen |
| Past | 飲み込んだ | のみこんだ nomikonda |
| Polite past | 飲み込みました | のみこみました nomikomimashita |
| Negative past | 飲み込まなかった | のみこまなかった nomikomanakatta |
| Te-form | 飲み込んで | のみこんで nomikonde |
| Potential | 飲み込める | のみこめる nomikomeru |
| Passive | 飲み込まれる | のみこまれる nomikomareru |
| Causative | 飲み込ませる | のみこませる nomikomaseru |
| Volitional | 飲み込もう | のみこもう nomikomou |
| Imperative | 飲み込め | のみこめ nomikome |
| Conditional (~ba) | 飲み込めば | のみこめば nomikomeba |
Kanji in 飲み込む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 飲み込む.
飲むのむto drink飲み物のみものdrink湯飲ゆのみteacup湯飲みゆのみteacup込むこむto be crowded人込みひとごみcrowd of people申し込むもうしこむto apply for思い込むおもいこむto be convinced (that)突っ込むつっこむto thrust (something) into (something)溶け込むとけこむto melt into飛び込むとびこむto jump in払い込むはらいこむto deposit引っ込むひっこむto draw back申込もうしこみapplication
Source: JMdict entry 1600400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.