Illustration: In a shallow park pond, a child's small model fishing boat is sinking stern-first after taking on water. Most of the hull has slipped below the surface; water pours over the remaining gunwale, and a short trail of bubbles rises beside it. Only the bow and cabin roof remain above water.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

沈ちん没ぼつ

chinbotsu

sinking, foundering

Example sentences

彼かれらは沈没ちんぼつする船ふねを見捨みすてた。
They abandoned the sinking ship.
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その船ふねは出帆しゅっぱんして２日後かごに沈没ちんぼつした。
The ship set sail only to sink two days later.
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船ふねは乗務員全員じょうむいんぜんいんを乗のせたまま沈没ちんぼつした。
The ship sank with all her crew on board.
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Kanji in 沈没

沈sink; be submergedOnチン・ジンKunしずむ・しずめる
没drown; sinkOnボツ・モツKunおぼれる・しずむ・ない

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