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飲み下す (のみくだす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

飲のみ下くだす

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Meanings

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godan verb (-su), transitive verb

swallow; gulp down

To swallow something, often with a sense of drinking or gulping it down. Can be used for both liquids and solids that are swallowed.

彼かれは薬くすりを水みずで飲のみ下くだした。
He swallowed the medicine with water.
大おおきな錠じょう剤ざいを飲のみ下

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It's difficult to swallow a large pill.

Written forms

飲のみ下くだすUsage56%
Standard kanji spelling.
飲のみくだすUsage22%
Kana spelling of the verb stem; less common but readable.
のみくだすUsage22%
飲のみ下くだす
Abbreviated kanji form; rarely used.

Kanji

飲drink, smoke, take
下below, down, descend

Similar words

飲のみ込こむ
飲み込む is more common and general for 'swallow', while 飲み下す emphasizes the action of gulping down or swallowing something with effort.

Etymology

Compound of 飲み (nomi, 'drinking', continuative form of 飲む) + 下す (kudasu, 'to let down; to swallow'). The combination conveys the idea of drinking something down.