沈下|ちんかchinka[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsinking; subsidence
Conjugation
Dictionary form沈下する(ちんかする)
Polite (masu)沈下します(ちんかします)
Negative (nai)沈下しない(ちんかしない)
polite (masen)沈下しません(ちんかしません)
classical zu / nu沈下せず・沈下せぬ(ちんかせず・ちんかせぬ)
Past (ta)沈下した(ちんかした)
polite (mashita)沈下しました(ちんかしました)
Past negative (nakatta)沈下しなかった(ちんかしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)沈下しませんでした(ちんかしませんでした)
Te form沈下して(ちんかして)
Potential沈下できる(ちんかできる)
Passive沈下される(ちんかされる)
Causative沈下させる(ちんかさせる)
Causative passive沈下させられる(ちんかさせられる)
Conditional (ba)沈下すれば(ちんかすれば)
tara沈下したら(ちんかしたら)
Volitional沈下しよう(ちんかしよう)
polite (mashou)沈下しましょう(ちんかしましょう)
Imperative沈下しろ(ちんかしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym沈降ちんこうWrittenWritten/formal term for strata or particles settling and precipitating, common in geology and chemistry; 「沈下」 is about ground and buildings sinking.
  • Synonym沈むしずむNeutralA verb covering sinking, the sun setting, and feeling down; the most widely used of these words.
  • Related沈没ちんぼつNeutralSinking of ships, also figuratively getting dead drunk; it stresses going under water, not ground subsidence.
  • Antonym浮上ふじょうNeutralSurfacing or rising out of the water — the opposite of 「沈下」; also used figuratively for rising in rank.

Use 「沈下」 for ground or buildings sinking, as in 「地盤沈下」 and 「建物の不同沈下」; say 「沈降」 for particles settling, 「沈没」 for a ship sinking, and 「沈む」 in everyday speech; the opposite is 「浮上」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 地盤じばんなどが沈しずみ下さがること。
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