飲む
のむ
hepburn nomu
to drink
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 毎日水を飲みます。I drink water every day.
- コーヒーを飲みませんか。Won't you have some coffee?
Collocations
水を飲むお茶を飲むコーヒーを飲む薬を飲む (medicine)お酒を飲む
Mnemonic
飲む nomu — godan. ます-form 飲みます, te-form 飲んで, negative 飲まない. CULTURAL NOTE: medicine (薬 kusuri) is "drunk" in Japanese (薬を飲む), not "eaten" or "taken". Different from English/Korean conceptualization.
Quick check
How do you say "to take medicine" in Japanese?