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

沈しずむ

N3
しずむ shizumu
  1. to sink
  2. to feel depressed
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

下沉;落下;消沉

Examples

  • まるで、沈しずむ船ふねから逃に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。
  • 太たい陽ようが水すい平へい線せんの下したに沈しずんだ。
    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"
  }
}