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    3. 沈没

    沈没

    沈ちん没ぼつ

    sinking

    N1KMT9News #23+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ちんぼつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    sinking, foundering, going down, submersion
    2.
    getting dead drunk
    colloquial
    3.
    having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties
    colloquial
    4.
    staying in one place for a long time
    slang

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    船ふねが海うみに沈ちん没ぼつした。

    The ship sank into the sea.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    昨さく夜やは飲のみすぎて、完かん全ぜんに沈ちん没ぼつしてしまった。

    Last night I drank too much and completely passed out (sank).

    KMT8Daily LifeFood & Dining
    タイタニック号ごうの沈ちん没ぼつは、歴れき史しに残のこる大だい惨さん事じだった。

    The sinking of the Titanic was a historic catastrophe.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationHistory
    経けい済ざいの沈ちん没ぼつを防ふせぐため、政せい府ふは新あらたな政せい策さくを打うち出だした。

    To prevent the collapse of the economy, the government launched new policies.

    KMT9Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    海かい底ていには、沈ちん没ぼつした古こ代だい船せんの残ざん骸がいが眠ねむっている。

    The wreckage of ancient sunken ships lies dormant on the seabed.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    沈
    しず.む・しず.める…(3)
    sink・be submerged・subside・be depressed・aloes
    没
    おぼ.れる・しず.む・ない…(2)
    drown・sink・hide・fall into・disappear…(1)
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