きゅういん

Noun

 * 1)  suction; absorption; attraction, drawing in;  aspiration
 * 2)  drinking by sipping or slurping
 * 3)  drawing up water; a recommendation or nomination of someone for a position
 * 4)  the end of winter: the twelfth lunar month
 * 5)  a long-standing relative by marriage or adoption
 * 6)  one's former residence; an old temple; a retired or abdicated emperor
 * 7)   on'yomi alternate reading for

Verb

 * 1)  to suck in; to absorb; to attract, to draw in;  to aspirate
 * 2)  to drink by sipping or slurping
 * 3)  to draw up water; to recommend or nominate someone for a position