Kanji details for 呑
呑
Common kanji
drink
KUN:
- の.むno.mu
ON:
- トンton
- ドンdon
Example words(showing 1-10 of 61 results)
Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine)(呑む often means swallowing whole, gulping, etc.)
2.
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
All readings:
飲む【のむ】
、呑む【のむ】
、飮む【のむ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
na-adjective, noun
•
carefree, optimistic, careless, reckless, heedless, happy-go-lucky, easygoing, thoughtless(usually kana)
Other readings:
のんき《暢気》[1]
、のんき《暖気》
、のんき《のん気》
、ノンキ
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
Godan-mu verb, transitive verb
1.
to gulp down, to swallow deeply
2.
to understand, to take in, to catch on to, to learn, to digest
3.
to engulf, to swallow up
4.
to be filled with (people), to be crowded
5.
to hold back from saying something, to swallow (one's words)
All readings:
飲み込む【のみこむ】
、呑み込む【のみこむ】
、飲みこむ【のみこむ】
、呑みこむ【のみこむ】
、のみ込む【のみこむ】
、飲込む【のみこむ】
、呑込む【のみこむ】
noun
•
bar, saloon, pub, tavern, drinking establishment
All readings:
飲み屋【のみや】
、飲屋【のみや】
、飮み屋【のみや】[1]
、飮屋【のみや】[1]
、呑み屋【のみや】
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
(heavy) drinker, drunkard, tippler, boozer
All readings:
酒飲み【さけのみ】
、酒呑み【さけのみ】
、酒呑【さけのみ】
noun
1.
(act of) drinking water
2.
(water) drinking container, glass, tumbler
3.
All readings:
水飲み【みずのみ】
、水呑み【みずのみ】
expression
•
the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through, the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere, fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net(proverb)
Other readings:
網吞舟の魚を漏らす【あみどんしゅうのうおをもらす】
expression, Godan-mu verb
•
to catch one's breath, to gulp, to have one's breath taken away, to gasp
Other readings:
息を飲む【いきをのむ】
、息をのむ【いきをのむ】
、息を嚥む【いきをのむ】
expression, no-adjective
•
breathtaking
Other readings:
息を飲むほど【いきをのむほど】