Illustration: From a seawall in a quiet Japanese coastal town, a child and grandfather watch the sun halfway concealed by the distant sea horizon. A narrow reflection stretches toward the seawall, and fishing boats rest at their moorings in the darkening harbor. The grandfather crouches to share the child's view.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

沈しずむ

shizumu

to set, to go down

Example sentences

太陽たいようが水平線すいへいせんの下したに沈しずんだ。
The sun sank below the horizon.
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日ひは西にしに沈しずむ。
The sun sets in the west.
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月つきが沈しずんだ。
The moon has set.
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Kanji in 沈

沈sink; be submergedOnチン・ジンKunしずむ・しずめる

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