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チンボツ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. sinking; foundering; going down; submersion
2. getting dead drunk
3. having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties
4. staying in one place for a long time
backpacker slang
Alt. forms
沈ちん没ぼつ
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チンボツ
Pitch accent
チ
ンボツ
Conjugations...Used in: 1
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.
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