飲み干す・飲み乾す|のみほすnomihosu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 飲み干す(のみほす) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 飲み干します(のみほします) |
| Negative (nai) | 飲み干さない(のみほさない) |
| polite (masen) | 飲み干しません(のみほしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 飲み干さず・飲み干さぬ(のみほさず・のみほさぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 飲み干した(のみほした) |
| polite (mashita) | 飲み干しました(のみほしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 飲み干さなかった(のみほさなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 飲み干しませんでした(のみほしませんでした) |
| Te form | 飲み干して(のみほして) |
| Potential | 飲み干せる(のみほせる) |
| Passive | 飲み干される(のみほされる) |
| Causative | 飲み干させる(のみほさせる) |
| Causative passive | 飲み干させられる(のみほさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 飲み干せば(のみほせば) |
| tara | 飲み干したら(のみほしたら) |
| Volitional | 飲み干そう(のみほそう) |
| polite (mashou) | 飲み干しましょう(のみほしましょう) |
| Imperative | 飲み干せ(のみほせ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related飲み込むのみこむNeutralSwallow or gulp down; also grasp/understand. Focuses on getting food or drink down the throat, without the sense of emptying the glass to the last drop.
- Related飲み下すのみくだすWrittenA rare, written-style word for swallowing something down — typically medicine — into the stomach; it does not suggest emptying the glass.
- Antonym注ぐそそぐNeutralTo pour liquid into a glass or cup — the reverse of 「飲み干す」, which empties it.
- Antonym残すのこすNeutralTo leave a drink unfinished — the direct opposite of drinking it to the last drop.
Use 「飲み干す」 to drink a glass until not a drop is left. For swallowing itself, 「飲み込む」; for swallowing something like medicine down, the rare 「飲み下す」. The opposites are 「注ぐ」 (pour into the glass) and 「残す」 (leave some unfinished).
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