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飲み込む (のみこむ): to gulp down, to swallow deeply, to understand — Japanese vocabulary

飲み込む is read のみこむ and means "to gulp down, to swallow deeply, to understand". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

飲み込む

Reading
のみこむ · nomikomu
Translation
to gulp down, to swallow deeply, to understand
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
のみこむがのみこむが

Example

食べ物を飲み込むとのどが痛みます。

たべものをのみこむとのどがいたみます。

My throat hurts when I swallow.

Kanji in this word

  • 飲 — drink
  • 込 — Crowded, Mixture, In Bulk

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