しずむ – Vocabulary details

しずむ

Verb (5-dan, む, intransitive)

1. to sink; to go under; to submerge

このままでは船ふねが沈しずんでしまうかもしれない。If things continue like this, the ship might sink.

2. to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend

もうほとんど日ひは沈しずんでるしね。The sun has almost set already, you know.

3. to feel depressed; to become subdued; to become somber

どうも今日きょうは沈しずんでばかりだ。I've just been feeling down all day today.

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to be depressed

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

life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow

気き持もちがしずんでいる。

I am feeling down.

月つきがしずんだ。

The moon has set.

日ひがしずんでしまった。

The sun has set.

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