沈める|しずめるshizumeru[0]heiban (flat)
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- ichidan verb, transitive verbto sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge彼らは敵の船を10せき沈めた。↗They sank ten enemy ships.
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto lower (e.g. one's body into a chair)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto floor (an opponent)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 沈める(しずめる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 沈めます(しずめます) |
| Negative (nai) | 沈めない(しずめない) |
| polite (masen) | 沈めません(しずめません) |
| classical zu / nu | 沈めず・沈めぬ(しずめず・しずめぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 沈めた(しずめた) |
| polite (mashita) | 沈めました(しずめました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 沈めなかった(しずめなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 沈めませんでした(しずめませんでした) |
| Te form | 沈めて(しずめて) |
| Potential | 沈められる(しずめられる) |
| Passive | 沈められる(しずめられる) |
| Causative | 沈めさせる(しずめさせる) |
| Causative passive | 沈めさせられる(しずめさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 沈めれば(しずめれば) |
| tara | 沈めたら(しずめたら) |
| Volitional | 沈めよう(しずめよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 沈めましょう(しずめましょう) |
| Imperative | 沈めろ(しずめろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
- Synonym埋めるうずめるNeutralBury or fill something in, as in 「顔を埋める」; the focus is on covering it up rather than making it sink.
- Related浸すひたすNeutralImmerse something in water, egg wash, etc., as in 「パンを卵液に浸す」; the point is soaking it wet, while 「沈める」 stresses making it sink down.
- Related押し浸すNeutralPress something down into a liquid to soak it — the stress is on pushing it under, while 「沈める」 is about making it sink or settle in.
- Antonym浮かべるうかべるNeutralMake something float, or have an expression appear on someone's face — the opposite of making something sink.
- AntonymあげるNeutralRaise or lift something up — the opposite of 「沈める」, which presses or sinks something down.
Use 「沈める」 for sinking a ship or lowering your body into something, as in 「船を沈める」 and 「身を沈める」. For soaking something in liquid pick 「浸す」, for burying or covering pick 「埋める」, and for making something float pick 「浮かべる」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


