耽る – Vocabulary details

耽ふける

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by

彼かれは毎まい晩ばんギャンブルにふけっている。He indulges in gambling every night.

Auxiliary verb (5-dan, る)

Usually written in kana

2. to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

子こ供どもたちは時じ間かんを忘わすれて遊あそびふけった。The children were so absorbed in play that they lost track of time.

become engrossed (in something)

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to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)

to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through

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