溺れる
N3おぼれる oboreru
- to be drowned
- to indulge in
ichidan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
溺水;沉溺
Examples
- 彼女は危うく溺れるところだった。She came near to drowning.她差点淹死。
- その少年は溺れ死ぬところだった。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"
}
}