溺れる – Vocabulary details

溺おぼれる

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

to drown

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ぼれる

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

a drowning man will catch at a straw

talented men are ruined by their own talent

Oboreru Knife

溺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.

溺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.

トムの犬いぬが溺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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