Illustration: In a compact apartment living room, a young adult leans close to a half-built model railway, carefully positioning one tiny station bench with tweezers. Their shoulders curve protectively around the miniature scene, and their eyes never leave the delicate placement.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

没ぼっ頭とう

bottou

to be absorbed in

Example sentences

  1. 小説しょうせつに没頭ぼっとうしてたよ。

    I was absorbed in reading a novel.

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  2. 彼かれは仕事しごとに没頭ぼっとうしている。

    He is absorbed in his work.

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  3. 彼かれらはチェスに没頭ぼっとうしています。

    They are engaged in playing chess.

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Kanji in 没頭

  • 没drown; sinkOnボツ・モツKunおぼれる・しずむ・ない
  • 頭head; counter for large animalsOnトウ・ズ・トKunあたま・かしら・かぶり

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