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汲む くむ N3

  1. to dip up; to draw (water); to ladle; to pump; to scoop up
  2. to drink (together); to pour (into a cup)
  3. to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to intuit; to sympathize with; to understand
  4. to draw upon; to inherit

上汲む うわぐむ

  1. to draw off the top liquid

籠で水を汲む かごでみずをくむ

  1. to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon; to scoop water with a basket

流れを汲む ながれをくむ

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

気持ちを汲む きもちをくむ

  1. to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with someone's feelings

一河の流れを汲むも他生の縁 いちがのながれをくむもたしょうのえん

  1. even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; the events of today are destined by the past
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