Vocab Info
N1 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
飲み込むto gulp down, to swallow deeply, to understand, to take in, to catch on to, to learn, to digest, to engulf, to swallow up, to be filled with (people), to be crowded, to hold back from saying something, to swallow (one's words)
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
1.
to swallow, to gulp down
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
2.
to understand, to grasp, to take in, to catch on, to learn
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
3.
to engulf, to swallow up
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
4.
to be filled with (people), to contain
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
5.
to swallow (one's words), to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.), to stifle, to hold back
All Forms
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】
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唾をゴクリと飲み込む。
I swallowed my spit down hard.
粉薬を飲み込む時に咽せてしまった。
I choked trying to swallow a powdered medicine.
津波が家と人々を飲み込む様子は恐ろしかったです。
Watching the tsunami swallow up houses and people was terrifying.
巨体なワニといえども、大人の人間を一口で飲み込む事は出来ないだろう。
Even a massive crocodile probably can’t swallow a full-grown human in one bite.
急いで口に出しそうになった言葉を飲み込んだ。危うく秘密を漏らすところだった。
I quickly swallowed my words, but I almost slipped and spilled a secret.
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