Illustration: At a supervised outdoor swimming pool, an adult has slipped beyond comfortable depth and is struggling upright in the water. Their mouth is dipping beneath the surface, their head tilts back, and both hands press ineffectively downward instead of making a swimming stroke.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

溺おぼれる

oboreru

to drown

It can also mean becoming addicted to something. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは川かわでおぼれた。

    He drowned in the river.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あなたが助たすけてくれなかったら私わたしはおぼれていたことでしょう。

    If it had not been for your help, I should have drowned.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 危あやうく溺おぼれるところだった。

    I came near to being drowned.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 溺

  • 溺drown; indulgeOnデキ・ジョウ・ニョウKunいばり・おぼれる

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