How to say drink in Japanese? 飲

Japanese Vocabulary – Drinks (飲み物) – Review Notes

Today we learned a lot of Japanese beverage vocabulary! In these review notes, we will go over all the Japanese vocabulary that was in the video and we will see a list of extra Japanese beverage vocabulary!

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Number 1:

★ The Japanese word for beverages or drinks is 飲み物 (nomimono).

★ 飲む (nomu) is the verb drink, and 物 (mono) means thing. So, nomimono means: thing that you drink, or simply, a drink.

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Number 2:

★ 水 (mizu) is the Japanese word for water.

★ It is also commonly written/spoken as お水 (omizu). Adding an お (o) in front of certain Japanese words makes them sound more polite.

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Number 3:

★ The Japanese word for milk is 牛乳 (gyūnyū)

★ Another way to say milk in Japanese is ミルク (miruku). This comes from the English word milk.

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Number 4:

★ Juice in Japanese is ジュース (jūsu). This comes from the English word, juice.

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Number 5:

★ The Japanese word for tea is お茶 (ocha)

★ When Japanese people say お茶 (ocha) they are talking about Japanese green tea. There are other names for different types of tea.

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Number 6:

★ The Japanese word for coffee is コーヒー (kōhī).

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Number 7:

★ お酒 (osake) is Japanese rice wine. It also translates more generally as alcohol.

★ お酒 (osake) can also written/spoken as 酒 (sake).

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Number 8:

★ Cola in Japanese is コーラ (kōra)

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Number 9:

★ ラムネ (ramune) is a Japanese carbonated soft drink. It is sometimes called marble soda because the glass bottle is sealed with a marble.

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Additional beverage vocabulary:

紅茶 kōcha black tea

ココア kokoa cocoa

ソーダ sōda soda

ビール bīru beer

ワイン wain wine

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