| 汲む | [くむ, kumu] (v5m, vt) (1) to draw (water); to ladle; to dip; to scoop; to pump; (2) to have a drink together; (3) to consider; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 意を酌む;いを汲む;意を汲む(iK) | [いをくむ, iwokumu] (exp, v5m) to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition) [Add to Longdo] |
| 上汲む | [うわぐむ, uwagumu] (v5m) to draw off the top liquid [Add to Longdo] |
| 流れを汲む | [ながれをくむ, nagarewokumu] (v5m) to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of [Add to Longdo] |
| 籠で水を汲む | [かごでみずをくむ, kagodemizuwokumu] (exp, v5m) (obsc) like trying to scoop water with a basket (i.e. impossible, a waste of time & energy) [Add to Longdo] |