沈吟

Reading

Kana: ちんぎん

Romaji: chingin

Definition

noun

vs

1

hum; meditation; painstaking elaboration on one's poem; groaning in distress

Kanji

沈

Readings: チン、 ジン、 しず.む、 しず.める

Meanings: sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes

吟

Reading: ギン

Meanings: versify, singing, recital