Illustration: In a Japanese apartment's sunny window corner, a reader curls forward over an open novel, eyes fixed on the pages and one finger poised to turn the next leaf. An untouched cup of tea sits beside a plate whose snack the household cat has begun to steal.

ふける

fukeru

to be absorbed in

Usually follows に, as in 読書にふける. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは時々ときどきたわいもない空想くうそうにふける。
He sometimes indulges himself in idle speculation.
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彼女かのじょは読書どくしょにふけった。
She indulged herself in reading.
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彼女かのじょは物思ものおもいにふけりながらあちこち歩あるいていた。
She was walking to and fro, lost in thought.
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