Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
For pronunciation and definitions of 飮む – see the following entry.
のむ
[verb] 飲む, 呑む: to drink, to gulp, to swallow; to eat (soup)
[verb] 飲む, 喫む: (smoking) to smoke tobacco
[verb] 飲む: to overwhelm, to engulf
[verb] 飲む: to suppress, to keep down
[verb] 飲む, 呑む: to take (medicine)
[verb] 飲む, 呑む: to accept something like a demand or a condition
Alternative spellings
飲む, 呑む, 喫む
(This term, 飮む, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (飲む) of the above term.)