Word details

鵜呑み

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 鵜呑み.

Dictionary

Entry

鵜呑みのみNounFreq #56272
1

swallowing without chewing

2

swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning

Examples
彼の話をうのみにすることはできなかった。
We could not swallow his story.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

cormorant

18 strokesFrequency 2,118Grade 9

On

テイダイ

Kun

drink

7 strokesFrequency 2,362

On

トンドン

Kun

の.む

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