drink
呑 centers on the act of drinking, especially swallowing or taking in liquid.
呑 is a variant form of 吞. It combines 夭 (which may be a simplified or variant form of 天) with 口 (mouth), suggesting something entering the mouth. The exact historical development is uncertain.
The top 夭 looks like a person bending forward, and the bottom 口 is a mouth. Imagine someone tilting their head back to drink directly from a bottle.
For トン, picture a heavy drinker slamming down a ton of liquid: ton -> トン, and the mouth 口 at the bottom swallows it all.
swallowing without chewing
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely; careless; thoughtless
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing
wonton (Chinese dumpling); won ton; wantan; wanton; wuntun
large sake cup
to gasp in surprise
annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up
risky; dangerous; insecure
to make light of; to hold lightly
swallowing and spitting out
heavy drinker; boozer; tippler
aerophagia; aerophagy
swallowing a boat whole
fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish
acid reflux; heart-burn
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to choke up; to be speechless
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
breathtaking
breathtaking; thrilling