きゅういん

Japanese

Noun

きゅういん • (kyūin) 

1. 吸引: suction; absorption; attraction, drawing in; (medicine) aspiration
2. 吸飲: drinking by sipping or slurping
3. 汲引: drawing up water; a recommendation or nomination of someone for a position
4. 窮陰: the end of winter: the twelfth lunar month
5. 旧姻: a long-standing relative by marriage or adoption
6. 旧院: one's former residence; an old temple; a retired or abdicated emperor
7. 蚯蚓: (rare) on'yomi alternate reading for 蚯蚓 (mimizu, “an earthworm”)

Verb

きゅういんする • (kyūin suru) suru (stem きゅういんし (kyūin shi), past きゅういんした (kyūin shita))

1. 吸引: to suck in; to absorb; to attract, to draw in; (medicine) to aspirate
2. 吸飲: to drink by sipping or slurping
3. 汲引: to draw up water; to recommend or nominate someone for a position