飲み物

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 飲み物は何がいいですか。▶ —
   What would you like to drink?
2. 冷たい飲み物をください。▶ —
   A cold drink, please.

Collocations

Mnemonic

飲み物 nomimono — nomu (drink) + 物. Pair with 食べ物. Covers all drinks: coffee, tea, water, juice, beer. The izakaya term 飲み放題 nomihoudai ("all-you-can-drink") is essential dining-out vocab.

Quick check

1. At a café: "What would you like to drink?" — standard Japanese?

   • お飲み物は何にしますか (polite cashier phrasing)
   • 飲み物何 (too curt)
   • 飲み物を欲しい? (broken grammar — 欲しい takes が)
   • 何を飲む? (casual peer)