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飲み込む

のみこむ

to swallow, to grasp

Mnemonic

It goes down and in in one movement, and the same verb does taking an idea in whole. No more のみ, come こむ on, the entire dose: のみこむ.

Built from

drink
食 eat + 欠 yawn, lack
put into, crowd
辶 road + 入 enter

Words sharing these kanji

to drink to roll up, to involve to thrust in, to dash into to put in, to concentrate on to dive into

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