飲み干す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飲 干
の
Grade: 3
ほ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
飮み干す (kyūjitai)
飲み乾す

Etymology

Compound of 飲(の)む (nomu, “to drink”) + 干(ほ)す (hosu, “to dry, to desiccate”).

Pronunciation

Verb

飲(の)み干(ほ)す • (nomihosu) transitive godan (stem 飲(の)み干(ほ)し (nomihoshi), past 飲(の)み干(ほ)した (nomihoshita))

  1. drink up, gulp down, empty one's glass
    • 1907, Fred M. White, translated by Masuo Oku, Rengoku [The Nether Millstone]‎:
      メアリの用(よう)意(い)したソーダ水(すい)をぐいと飲(の)み干(ほ)した。
      Meari no yōi shita sōda-sui o gui to nomihoshita.
      (He) drank up the soda water Mary had brought.

Conjugation

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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