ちんぼつ
Meanings
Noun
1. 水などに沈み姿が見えなくなること。
2. 隠れなくなる、滅びること。
3. 酒に酔うなどして正体が無くなること。
比喩
Kanji used
sink
go under
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; March 26, 2010)
Examples (5 in total)
They abandoned the sinking ship.
The ship sank with all her crew on board.
The ship Tom's grandfather was on was sunk by a torpedo.
It was in 1912 that the Titanic sank during her first voyage.
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.