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    3. 沈む

    沈む

    沈しずむ​

    to sink

    N3KMT10News #41+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveWeather & GeographyEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab10 strokes

    しずむ

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to sink, to go under, to submerge
    2.
    to go down (e.g. sun), to set, to descend
    3.
    to feel depressed, to become subdued, to become somber

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    船ふねが海うみに沈しずんだ。

    The ship sank into the sea.

    KMT8Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    太たい陽ようが西にしの空そらにゆっくりと沈しずんでいく。

    The sun is slowly setting in the western sky.

    KMT10Weather & GeographyNature & Environment
    彼かれの言こと葉ばを聞きいて、私わたしの心こころは深ふかく沈しずんだ。

    Hearing his words, my heart sank deeply. (I felt deeply depressed.)

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    雨あめが降ふり続つづき、町まち全ぜん体たいが暗くらく沈しずんだ雰ふん囲い気きになった。

    The rain continued, and the entire town took on a dark, subdued atmosphere.

    KMT10Weather & GeographyEmotions & Psychology
    失しっ敗ぱいを恐おそれてばかりいると、気き持もちが沈しずんで何なにも手てにつかなくなる。

    If you're always afraid of failure, you'll get depressed and won't be able to do anything.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    沈
    しず.む・しず.める…(3)
    sink・be submerged・subside・be depressed・aloes
    Kanji
    む
    mu
    Kana
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