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Meaning of 吸う in Japanese
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吸う, 喫うJLPT 5
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Kana Readingすう
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Romajisū
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `u' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to suck; to sip; to slurp
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to absorb; to soak up
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to kiss
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Examples of 吸う, 喫う, すう in a sentence
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例えば、たばこをぷかぷか吸う先生が、たばこを吸う生徒に注意してもその注意は矛盾しているだろう。
For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.
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例えば、たばこをぷかぷか吸う先生が、たばこを吸う生徒に注意してもその注意は矛盾しているだろう。
For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.
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ボートの操作者は禁煙の表示にも関わらず、堂々といつも吸っていた。
Despite "No Smoking" signs, the boat operator was brazenly smoking all the time.
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教室でどうどうとタバコをすう高校生たちとそれを注意できない教師たちは罰を受けることになります。
High school students who flagrantly smoke in class and the teachers who can't caution them will be punished.
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My father neither drinks nor smokes.
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My father used to smoke, but now he doesn't.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 吸う
- Plain Polite
- 吸います
- Negative
- 吸わない
- Negative Polite
- 吸いません
Past
- Plain
- 吸った
- Plain Polite
- 吸いました
- Negative
- 吸わなかった
- Negative Polite
- 吸いませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 吸って
- Plain Polite
- 吸いまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 吸われる
- Plain Polite
- 吸われます
- Negative
- 吸われない
- Negative Polite
- 吸われません
Related Kanji
12 strokes
consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)
On'Yomi: キツ
Kun'Yomi: の.む