To Pour
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means pour so the verb vocab version is to pour.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You are going to pour some sauce (そそ).
もしかして、わたしのコーラに牛にゅう注いだ?
Did you pour milk in my coke by any chance?
コウイチは、今年はAKB48をおうえんすることに全力を注いでいます。
Koichi is pouring all of his energy into supporting AKB48 this year.
「もう少しワインを注いでいただけますか?」「もちろん。“そこまで”って言ってくださいね。」「あ、そこまで!それくらいで結構です。有難うございます。」
"Can you pour some more wine for me, please?" "Sure. Just say when." "Yes! There! That’s perfect. Thank you."