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飲む is an exact match with one form of the following word:
飲む
BOOST
Reading : のむ   
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine)  (呑む is often used metaphorically, 服む is often used for medicine)
2. to smoke (tobacco)  (see also: 喫む; also written 喫む)
3. to engulf; to overwhelm
4. to keep down; to suppress
5. to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
6. to make light of; to conceal
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 159,991 which gives a rank of 368
飲む is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 64,800,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 94 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3431
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 35 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かれ
その
くすり
じゆう
自由
って
んだ

They helped themselves to the medicine.
コーヒー
みます

Have some coffee?
わたし
なに
もの
ほしい
I want something to drink.
のむ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 63,000 (about 5,800,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 18478
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 40 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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服む
BOOST
Reading : のむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 40,000 (about 13,200,000 results)
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呑む
BOOST
Reading : のむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 73,000 (about 4,230,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 40 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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飮む
BOOST
Reading : のむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 231,000 (about 71,800 results)
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イン   の to drink   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
eat; food
フク    clothes   
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ニク body part   
sealed up again
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seal
また again   
ドン   drink   の to swallow   
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calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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