JLPT N5 vocabulary
飲む: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
のむ1Atamadaka · high start
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to drink, gulp, swallow, take medicine
- to smoke tobacco
- to engulf, overwhelm
- to keep down, suppress
- to accept, e.g. a demand or condition
- to make light of, conceal

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 飲む | 飲 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| Polite presentます形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| Polite pastました形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| Te-formて形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 飲 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 飲 | 飲む |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| Passive受身形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| Make / let使役形 | 飲 | 飲 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 飲 | 飲 |
Example sentences
先週、腐った牛乳を飲んで、お腹を壊しました。
Last week, I drank spoiled milk, so I got an upset stomach.
彼女はお酒を飲みすぎると、 顔が真っ赤になる。
When she drinks too much alcohol, her face turns bright red.
お父さんったら、 いつもお酒ばかり飲んでるんだ。
Dad, honestly — he's always just drinking.