• 飲のむ — to drink
• 飲いん料りょう — beverage
• 飲いん酒しゅ — drinking alcohol
• 飲いん食しょく — food and drink
• 飲のみ会かい — drinking party
• 飲のみ水みず — drinking water

飲 combines the 食 (eat) radical with 欠 (lack, open mouth). It originally depicted the act of opening one’s mouth to drink something, typically alcohol. The meaning later expanded to include all types of drinking.

水みずを飲のみます。
I drink water.

昨さく夜や、飲のみ会かいがありました。
There was a drinking party last night.

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