- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [v5m, vt] to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine) — 呑む refers to swallowing whole or gulping down
  2. 2. [v5m, vt] to smoke (tobacco)
  3. 3. [v5m, vt] to swallow up; to engulf — usu. in the passive
  4. 4. [v5m, vt] to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down; to hold back; to swallow (one's tears); to catch (one's breath)
  5. 5. [v5m, vt] to accept (a demand, conditions, etc.); to agree to
  6. 6. [v5m, vt] to make light of (someone); to think nothing of; to overwhelm; to overawe
  7. 7. [v5m, vt] to carry (a concealed dagger, etc.); to conceal (up one's sleeve, etc.)

Conjugation — Verb (godan-mu)

Dictionary form (nomu)
Polite (nomimasu)
Past, plain (nonda)
Past, polite (nomimashita)
Negative, plain (nomanai)
Negative, polite (nomimasen)
Past negative, plain (nomanakatta)
Past negative, polite (nomimasendeshita)
Te-form (nonde)
Potential (nomeru)
Volitional (nomou)
Conditional (―ba) (nomeba)
Passive (nomareru)
Causative (nomaseru)
Imperative (nome)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

Must I take this medicine?