沈む
N3しずむ shizumu
- to sink
- to feel depressed
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
下沉;落下;消沉
Examples
- まるで、沈む船から逃げるネズミみたいね。It's just like rats leaving a sinking ship.简直就像从沉船逃走的老鼠。
- 太陽が水平線の下に沈んだ。The sun sank below the horizon.太阳沉到了地平线下。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0983432238'); // 沈む
{
"id": "0983432238",
"word": "沈む",
"reading": "しずむ",
"romaji": "shizumu",
"meanings": [
"to sink",
"to feel depressed"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"v5m",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1431670,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "まるで、沈む船から逃げるネズミみたいね。",
"furigana": "まるで、{沈|しず}む{船|ふね}から{逃|に}げるネズミみたいね。",
"en": "It's just like rats leaving a sinking ship.",
"tatoeba_id": 74912
},
{
"ja": "太陽が水平線の下に沈んだ。",
"furigana": "{太陽|たいよう}が{水平線|すいへいせん}の{下|した}に{沈|しず}んだ。",
"en": "The sun sank below the horizon.",
"tatoeba_id": 138160
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "0c28ac2d8166698a68e1e2c8a5cbabbdfa6f2a7626c4878ef110ad56a9c27cea",
"meanings": [
"下沉",
"落下",
"消沉"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "まるで、沈む船から逃げるネズミみたいね。",
"zh": "简直就像从沉船逃走的老鼠。"
},
{
"ja": "太陽が水平線の下に沈んだ。",
"zh": "太阳沉到了地平线下。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/0983432238",
"JMdict ent_seq 1431670; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "ee7e21bb05aeb9b3c5a8b749854190edaff62da2b8d17288cf7ba0996a77e0ac",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}