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沈没
ちんぼつ
N1
noun
transitive 他動詞
intransitive 自動詞
Meanings
1
sinking
2
foundering
3
going down
4
getting dead drunk
Example sentence
タイタニック号は処女航海で沈没した。
The Titanic sunk on its maiden voyage.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 沈没 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
沈
Sink, Be Submerged, Subside
7 strokes
没
Drown, Sink, Hide
7 strokes
More words with
沈
沈黙
ちんもく ·
silence
N1
沈める
しずめる ·
to sink
N1
沈下
ちんか ·
sinking
沈む
しずむ ·
to sink
N3
沈着
ちんちゃく ·
composure
Full entry on Jisho
浮沈
ふちん ·
floating and sinking
沈む
しずむ ·
to sink, to go under, to submerge; to go down (e.g. sun), to set, to descend
沈殿
ちんでん ·
precipitation
N1
More words with
没
没頭
ぼっとう ·
immersing oneself in
戦没
せんぼつ ·
death in battle
没後
ぼつご ·
after death
没落
ぼつらく ·
ruin
N1
日没
にちぼつ ·
sunset
陥没
かんぼつ ·
cave-in
没収
ぼっしゅう ·
forfeited
N1
水没
すいぼつ ·
submergence ; immersion
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