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    3. 身を沈める

    身を沈める

    身みを​沈しずめ​る​

    to sink (into one's seat, etc.)

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    みをしずめる

    Verb

    1.
    to sink (into one's seat, etc.)
    2.
    to leap to one's death (by drowning)
    3.
    to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)

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    Characters that make up this word

    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
    Kanji
    沈
    しず.む・しず.める…(3)
    sink・be submerged・subside・be depressed・aloes
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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