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沈没

Reading

Kana: ちんぼつ
Romaji: chinbotsu
Kana
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Definitions

vs
1

sinking; foundering; going down; submersion

2

getting dead drunk

Note: colloquialism
3

having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties

Note: colloquialism
4

staying in one place for a long time

Note: backpacker slang
Note: slang

Kanji

Readings: チン、 ジン、 しず.む、 しず.める
Meanings: sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
Readings: ボツ、 モツ、 おぼ.れる、 しず.む、 ない
Meanings: drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die

Example Sentences

(かれ)らは沈没(ちんぼつ)する(ふね)見捨(みす)てた。
➥They abandoned the sinking ship.
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タイタニック(ごう)処女(しょじょ)航海(こうかい)沈没(ちんぼつ)した。
➥The Titanic sunk on its maiden voyage.
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(ふね)沈没(ちんぼつ)してしまってのち、(ふね)残骸(ざんがい)()()げられた。
➥The wreckage of the ship was salvaged after it had gone to Davy Jones's locker.
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その(ふね)出帆(しゅっぱん)して2日後(にちご)沈没(ちんぼつ)した。
➥The ship set sail only to sink two days later.
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(ふね)乗務員(じょうむいん)全員(ぜんいん)()せたまま沈没(ちんぼつ)した。
➥The ship sank with all her crew on board.
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タイタニック(ごう)最初(さいしょ)航海中(こうかいちゅう)沈没(ちんぼつ)したのは1912(ねん)のことだ。
➥It was in 1912 that the Titanic sank during her first voyage.
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