I Love Kanji吸う (suu)
吸う (すう, suu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to breathe in; to inhale”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- すう
- Romaji
- suu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to breathe in; to inhale; to smoke (a cigarette, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
- to suck; to sip; to slurp · godan verb, transitive
- to absorb; to soak up · godan verb, transitive
- to kiss · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
教室でどうどうとタバコをすう高校生たちとそれを注意できない教師たちは罰を受けることになります。
High school students who flagrantly smoke in class and the teachers who can't caution them will be punished.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 吸う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 吸う | すう suu |
| Polite (~masu) | 吸います | すいます suimasu |
| Negative | 吸わない | すわない suwanai |
| Polite negative | 吸いません | すいません suimasen |
| Past | 吸った | すった sutta |
| Polite past | 吸いました | すいました suimashita |
| Negative past | 吸わなかった | すわなかった suwanakatta |
| Te-form | 吸って | すって sutte |
| Potential | 吸える | すえる sueru |
| Passive | 吸われる | すわれる suwareru |
| Causative | 吸わせる | すわせる suwaseru |
| Volitional | 吸おう | すおう suou |
| Imperative | 吸え | すえ sue |
| Conditional (~ba) | 吸えば | すえば sueba |
Kanji in 吸う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 吸う.
Source: JMdict entry 1228260 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.