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    3. 意気消沈

    意気消沈

    意い気き消しょう沈ちん

    low spirits

    KMT10News #43+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab36 strokes

    意気銷沈

    いきしょうちん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    low spirits, depression, dejection, discouragement, despondency
    yojijukugo

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    彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいして意い気き消しょう沈ちんした。

    He was dejected after failing.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    試し合あいに負まけた後あと、チーム全ぜん体たいが意い気き消しょう沈ちんしていた。

    After losing the game, the entire team was in low spirits.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologySports & Martial Arts
    長ちょう期きにわたる不ふ況きょうは、多おおくの人ひと々びとの心こころを意い気き消しょう沈ちんさせている。

    The prolonged recession has left many people feeling despondent.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance
    彼かの女じょは失しつ恋れんの痛いた手でから意い気き消しょう沈ちんし、しばらく立たち直なおれなかった。

    She was dejected from the pain of heartbreak and couldn't recover for a while.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    どんなに意い気き消しょう沈ちんしても、希き望ぼうを捨すててはいけない。

    No matter how despondent you feel, you must not give up hope.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    意
    idea・mind・heart・taste・thought…(3)
    気
    いき・き…(2)
    spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood
    消
    き.える・け.す…(1)
    extinguish・blow out・turn off・neutralize・cancel
    沈
    しず.む・しず.める…(3)
    sink・be submerged・subside・be depressed・aloes
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