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    3. 沈める

    沈める

    沈しずめ​る​

    to sink (e.g. a ship)

    N1KMT8CoreVerb, TransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab10 strokes

    しずめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to sink (e.g. a ship), to submerge
    2.
    to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair)
    3.
    to floor (an opponent)

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    船ふねを海うみに沈しずめる。

    To sink a ship in the sea.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    嵐あらしで多おおくの船ふねが海かい底ていに沈しずめられた。

    Many ships were sunk to the seabed by the storm.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation
    漁りょう師しは網あみを海かい中ちゅうに沈しずめて魚さかなを捕とった。

    The fisherman submerged his net in the sea to catch fish.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentFood & Dining
    彼かれは椅い子すに深ふかく身みを沈しずめて、静しずかに考かんがえ事ごとをしていた。

    He sank deeply into the chair and was quietly thinking.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは怒いかりを沈しずめるために、深しん呼こ吸きゅうを繰くり返かえした。

    He repeatedly took deep breaths to calm his anger.

    KMT9Emotions & 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
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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