溺おぼれる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe
2. to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted; to wallow in
Kanji used
to drown
Pitch accent
お
ぼれる
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
craft brings nothing home; (lit.) the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
Examples (10 in total)
The drowning man called for help, but in vain.
All the passengers were saved from drowning.
I saved Tom's dog from drowning.
He came near to being drowned in the river.
She saved the drowning child at the risk of her own life.
Tom drowned in Lake Superior three years ago.
Bill dived into the river to save the drowning child.
That tall boy saved the drowning child.
He saved the drowning child at the cost of his own life.
The boy was on the point of drowning when his father came to his rescue.