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しずむ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, む, intransitive)
1. to sink; to go under; to submerge
2. to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend
3. to feel depressed; to become subdued; to become somber
Alt. forms
沈しずむ
98%
しずむ
1%
Pitch accent
し
ずむ
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Conjugations...Used in: 167
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to abandon oneself to grief
to be knocked out; to be overwhelmed; to be flabbergasted; to be thrown for a loop
there are exceptions to every rule; (lit.) rocks will flow and leaves will sink
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Examples (31 in total)
The moon has set.
The sun has set.
The ship was ready to sink any time.
Tom's boat sank.
It is clear that the ship sank.
It got cold after sunset.
Wood floats, but iron sinks.
A ship sank near here yesterday.
The sun went down, so they quit working.
The sun is going down behind the hill.
We felt the ground sinking.
You can see the sun setting from the window.
The ship went down slowly.
The ship sank to the bottom of the sea.
It grew cold as the sun went down.
The two ships went down at once.
The boat sank during the storm.
After a while, the sun set and it became dark.
The sun sets at around five here.
The sun is setting below the horizon.
The sun is sinking below the horizon.
The sun and the moon rise in the east and set in the west.
The crew had to abandon the sinking ship.
The boat began to take in water and soon sank.
By the time we reached home, the sun had completely set.
The sun had already set when he got home.
The captain was the last person to leave the sinking ship.
By the time the sun sets, we will arrive at the destination.
The sky became as dark as if the sun had sunk.
They came to the conclusion that the ship must have sunk.
The sun having set we stayed there for the night.