飲み込む

のみこむ

to swallow

N1 #13,920

Meanings

also 呑み込む

  1. godan verb, transitive to swallow; to gulp down
  2. to understand; to grasp; to take in; to catch on; to learn
  3. to engulf; to swallow up
  4. to be filled with (people); to contain
  5. to swallow (one's words); to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.); to stifle; to hold back

Its kanji

In sentences

こつが飲のみ込こめましたか。 Got the hang of it? #224140

ママ、ガム飲のみ込こんじゃった！ Mom, I swallowed my gum! #11825723

飛行機ひこうきは大おおきな雲くもに飲のみ込こまれた。 The airplane was swallowed up in the large clouds. #85628

蛇へびが蛙かえるを飲のみ込こんだ。 The snake swallowed a frog. #148909

それを飲のみ込こみなさい。 Drink it down. #204627

ダムが崩くずれ、水みずは谷たにを飲のみ込こんだ。 The dam burst and water flooded the valley. #11603934