Illustration: In a compact apartment hobby corner, an adult leans eagerly over a partly assembled miniature railway carriage. Several increasingly elaborate finished models occupy the nearby shelf, and another unopened kit waits within reach.

ハマる

hamaru

to get hooked on

Often written ハマる for an absorbing interest. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは編あみ物ものにはまっている。
She is absorbed in knitting.
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彼かれ、インターネットにはまってるよね。
He is into the Internet.
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一時期いちじきは、コーラにはまって、毎日まいにちのように飲のんでたよ。
For a while, I was really addicted to cola and drank it every day.
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