Illustration: In a compact apartment kitchen, an amateur baker sits beside a freshly baked sponge cake that has collapsed into a shallow crater. The cooling rack, flour-dusted mixing bowl, and carefully prepared piping bag show the effort already invested.

へこむ

hekomu

to feel down, to be discouraged

This use is informal. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

トムは彼女かのじょにフラれてへこんでいる。
Tom is depressed because his girlfriend left him.
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マジでへこむわ。
I’m so upset.
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トムがさ、へこんでるみたいなんだ。
Tom seems depressed.
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