Illustration: An adult stands alone in a plain outdoor smoking enclosure beside an office building, caught in the moment of drawing on a cigarette. Their lips close around the filter, cheeks pull inward slightly, and the ember glows at the far end.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

吸すう

suu

to inhale, to smoke

Example sentences

  1. タバコは吸すいません。

    I don’t smoke.

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  2. たばこは吸すいますか。

    Do you smoke?

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  3. 息いきを深ふかく吸すいなさい。

    Take a deep breath.

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Kanji in 吸

  • 吸suck; imbibeOnキュウKunすう

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