飲み干す・飲み乾す|のみほすnomihosu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Which spelling to use
飲み干す飲み干す is the most common and standard mixed kanji-and-kana spelling; beginners should use it in ordinary writing.
飲み乾す飲み乾す is a rarely used mixed kanji-and-kana spelling. You may encounter it, but 飲み干す is the form to choose instead.
Definitions
  1. 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)
    彼かれはビールの大だいジョッキを飲み干のみほした。↗
    He drank that large beer mug dry.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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).

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. すっかり飲のみきる。飲のみ尽つくす。
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