Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to gulp down, to swallow deeply.
  2. to understand, to take in, to catch on to, to learn, to digest.
  3. to engulf, to swallow up.
  4. to be filled with (people), to be crowded.
  5. to hold back from saying something, to swallow (one's words).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
飲み込む のみこむ
 
 
呑み込む のみこむ
 
 
 
飲みこむ のみこむ
 
 
 
呑みこむ のみこむ
 
 
 
のみ込む のみこむ
 
飲込む のみこむ
 
呑込む のみこむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

drink, smoke, take
の.む イン オン (3rd, N4)
eat, food, eat radical (no. 184)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
lack, gap, fail
ケツ か.ける ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
crowded, mixture, in bulk
-こ.む こみ ごめ (7th, N3)
enter, insert
い.る はい.る ニュウ (1st, N5)