飲む

のむ

to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine)

固唾を飲む

かたずをのむ

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

飲むべ

のむべ

person who likes to drink

おっぱいを飲む

おっぱいをのむ

to be breastfed

飲み込む

のみこむ

to gulp down, to swallow deeply

一服飲む

いっぷくのむ

to have a smoke

生で飲む

きでのむ なまでのむ

to drink (whisky, whiskey) straight

人の心を読む

ひとのこころをよむ

to read a person's thoughts, to guess what a person is thinking

一気に飲む

いっきにのむ

to drink in one gulp

爪の垢を煎じて飲む

つめのあかをせんじてのむ

to take a lesson from (a wise person), to follow in the footsteps of

飲

いん

drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol), drink, drinking party

人を怨むより身を怨め

ひとをうらむよりみをうらめ

it is easier to blame than do better, instead of resenting others, resent yourself

飲む打つ買う

のむうつかう

drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution

溜飲を下げる

りゅういんをさげる

to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)

人は死して名を留む

ひとはししてなをとどむ

he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it

人を食う

ひとをくう

to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude

人を使う

ひとをつかう

to take a person in one's service, to employ

人を得る

ひとをえる

to employ the right person, to choose somebody with the right qualities

人を誤る

ひとをあやまる

to mislead a person