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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

溺おぼれる

N3
おぼれる oboreru
  1. to be drowned
  2. to indulge in
ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

溺水;沉溺

Examples

  • 彼かの女じょは危あやうく溺おぼれるところだった。
    She came near to drowning.
    她差点淹死。
  • その少しょう年ねんは溺おぼれ死しぬところだった。
    The boy was all but drowned.
    那个男孩差点溺水身亡。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b5422223ea'); // 溺れる
{
  "id": "b5422223ea",
  "word": "溺れる",
  "reading": "おぼれる",
  "romaji": "oboreru",
  "meanings": [
    "to be drowned",
    "to indulge in"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1437560,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女は危うく溺れるところだった。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{危|あや}うく{溺|おぼ}れるところだった。",
      "en": "She came near to drowning.",
      "tatoeba_id": 90622
    },
    {
      "ja": "その少年は溺れ死ぬところだった。",
      "furigana": "その{少年|しょうねん}は{溺|おぼ}れ{死|し}ぬところだった。",
      "en": "The boy was all but drowned.",
      "tatoeba_id": 209043
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "f95a51d094427e72e0869030af1423551403338c65c46e5e5a47d636cbe2a5a4",
    "meanings": [
      "溺水",
      "沉溺"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女は危うく溺れるところだった。",
        "zh": "她差点淹死。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その少年は溺れ死ぬところだった。",
        "zh": "那个男孩差点溺水身亡。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b5422223ea",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1437560; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e20cac835a16c093ac44cdcac654e5f1fb8a33e9009065f572814ff0c3a813fc"
  }
}