飲む – 11 Japanese Verbs for Drinking
The Japanese word 飲む(のむ、) means to drink. You can take this word and combine it with other verbs to create a compound verb to express even more specific ideas.
Compound verbs are just two verbs stuck together. If you translate these from Japanese to English there is not always an exact equivalent. However, the list I provided below gives a close translation or explanation of what the word means.
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| 飲み込む | のみこむ | swallow |
| 飲み干す | のみほす | drink up completely, drink dry |
| 飲み歩く | のみあるく | go bar-hopping |
| 飲み比べる | のみくらべる | drink and compare drinks |
| 飲み下す | のみくだす | swallow or drink down |
| 飲み明かす | のみあかす | drink the night away |
| 飲み飽きる | のみあきる | I get tired of drinking |
| 飲み残す | のみのこす | leave a portion of a drink |
| 飲み倒す | のみたおす | leave without paying bill for a drink |
| 飲み潰れる | のみつぶれる | drink oneself dead drunk |
| 飲み回す | のみまわす | pass a drink around |
