JLPT N5 · Verb

飲む (nomu)

飲む (のむ, nomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to drink; to swallow”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: のむ
Romaji: nomu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine) · godan verb, transitive · 呑む refers to swallowing whole or gulping down
to smoke (tobacco) · godan verb, transitive
to swallow up; to engulf · godan verb, transitive · usu. in the passive
to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down; to hold back; to swallow (one's tears); to catch (one's breath) · godan verb, transitive
to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.); to agree to · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

この薬を飲まなければ行けませんか。

Must I take this medicine?

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 飲む

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	飲む	のむ nomu
Polite (~masu)	飲みます	のみます nomimasu
Negative	飲まない	のまない nomanai
Polite negative	飲みません	のみません nomimasen
Past	飲んだ	のんだ nonda
Polite past	飲みました	のみました nomimashita
Negative past	飲まなかった	のまなかった nomanakatta
Te-form	飲んで	のんで nonde
Potential	飲める	のめる nomeru
Passive	飲まれる	のまれる nomareru
Causative	飲ませる	のませる nomaseru
Volitional	飲もう	のもう nomou
Imperative	飲め	のめ nome
Conditional (~ba)	飲めば	のめば nomeba

Kanji in 飲む

飲

drink, smoke, takeイン・オン・の.む・-の.み · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 飲む.

飲み物のみものdrink湯飲ゆのみteacup湯飲みゆのみteacup飲み込むのみこむto swallow

Source: JMdict entry 1169870 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.