ふける – Vocabulary details

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

Auxiliary verb (5-dan, る)

Usually written in kana

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

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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

彼かの女じょは読どく書しょにふけった。

She indulged herself in reading.

彼かれはもの思おもいにふけっていた。

He was absorbed in thought.

彼かれは一ひと人りで思おもいにふけっていた。

He was alone, lost in thought.

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