おぼれる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe
With this, there is no need to worry about drowning.
2. to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted; to wallow in
I want to indulge in this taste forever.
Pitch accent
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ぼれる
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
craft brings nothing home; (lit.) the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
Oboreru Knife
Examples (17 in total)
With this, there is no need to worry about drowning.
I want to indulge in this taste forever.
The drowning man called for help, but in vain.