おぼれる – Vocabulary details

おぼれる

Verb (1-dan, intransitive)

1. to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown

2. to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted; to wallow in

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ぼれる

a drowning man will catch at a straw

craft brings nothing home; (lit.) the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme

a drowning man will catch at a straw

おぼれている人ひとは、助たすけを求もとめたが無む駄だだった。

The drowning man called for help, but in vain.

おぼれかかっていた乗じょう客きゃくはすべて救きゅう助じょされた。

All the passengers were saved from drowning.

トムの犬いぬがおぼれかけてるのを助たすけたよ。

I saved Tom's dog from drowning.

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