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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.
Alt. forms
溺おぼれる
92%
おぼれる
7%
Pitch accent
お
ぼれる
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Conjugations...Used in: 428
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
2 more...
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.
She saved her children from drowning.
All the passengers were saved from drowning.
I saved Tom's dog from drowning.
He came near to being drowned in the river.
I also put up a safety net so you wouldn't drown, didn't I?
Reason warns that one must not indulge in that sensation.
I feel uneasy about the very fact that the cause of the drowning is unknown.
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.
I have to admit it's just the pathetic story of a man who lost his head over love.
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.