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
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.