Meaning of 汲む in Japanese | RomajiDesu Japanese dictionary

Definition of 汲む

くむ(kumu) 【汲む】

(v5m, vt) to draw (water); to ladle; to dip; to scoop; to pump
バケツに水を１杯くんで持って来なさい。
Bring me a bucket of water.
to have a drink together
to consider; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

うわぐむ(uwagumu) 【上汲む】

いをくむ(iwokumu) 【意を酌む ·いを汲む ·意を汲む】

(exp, v5m) to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)

かごでみずをくむ(kagodemizuwokumu) 【籠で水を汲む】

(exp, v5m) like trying to scoop water with a basket (i.e. impossible, a waste of time & energy)

ながれをくむ(nagarewokumu) 【流れを汲む】

(v5m) to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of