Illustration: In the shallow end of a clear outdoor swimming pool, a swimmer bends downward from the surface to retrieve a small sinking ring. Their head, outstretched arms, and torso are already underwater, while their heels are just slipping below the disturbed surface.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

潜もぐる

moguru

to dive underwater

Example sentences

深ふかく潜もぐれば潜もぐるほど、水みずは冷つめたくなる。
As we dive deeper, the water becomes colder.
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彼かれは水みずにもぐる前まえに何回なんかいか深呼吸しんこきゅうをした。
He took some deep breaths before he dived.
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彼かれは３分間水ぷんかんみずにもぐっていた。
He was underwater for three minutes.
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Kanji in 潜

潜submerge; concealOnセンKunひそむ・もぐる・かくれる

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