沈没|ちんぼつchinbotsu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsinking; foundering; going down; submersion
    彼かれらは沈没ちんぼつする船ふねを見捨みすてた。↗
    They abandoned the sinking ship.
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgetting dead drunk
  3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbhaving too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties
  4. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbstaying in one place for a long timebackpacker slang
Conjugation
Dictionary form沈没する(ちんぼつする)
Polite (masu)沈没します(ちんぼつします)
Negative (nai)沈没しない(ちんぼつしない)
polite (masen)沈没しません(ちんぼつしません)
classical zu / nu沈没せず・沈没せぬ(ちんぼつせず・ちんぼつせぬ)
Past (ta)沈没した(ちんぼつした)
polite (mashita)沈没しました(ちんぼつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)沈没しなかった(ちんぼつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)沈没しませんでした(ちんぼつしませんでした)
Te form沈没して(ちんぼつして)
Potential沈没できる(ちんぼつできる)
Passive沈没される(ちんぼつされる)
Causative沈没させる(ちんぼつさせる)
Causative passive沈没させられる(ちんぼつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)沈没すれば(ちんぼつすれば)
tara沈没したら(ちんぼつしたら)
Volitional沈没しよう(ちんぼつしよう)
polite (mashou)沈没しましょう(ちんぼつしましょう)
Imperative沈没しろ(ちんぼつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym沈むしずむNeutralNeutral verb for something sinking down, the sun setting, or spirits dropping, as in 「船が沈む」「気分が沈む」; common in everyday speech, unlike the noun 「沈没」.
  • Related沈下ちんかWrittenWritten/formal prose term for slow subsidence of ground or buildings, as in 「地盤沈下」; it leans toward land sinking, while 「沈没」 suggests a ship going under.
  • Antonym浮上ふじょうNeutralAntonym: rising to the surface or moving up in rank, the opposite of sinking, as in 「潜水艦が浮上する」.

Use 「沈没」 for ships and the like sinking into water, also figuratively for collapsing dead drunk, as in 「船が沈没する」. For ground or buildings slowly sinking, say 「沈下」; in everyday speech use 「沈む」; the opposite is 「浮上」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 水みずなどに沈しずみ姿すがたが見みえなくなること。
  2. (海上かいじょう保険ほけん)船舶せんぱくが船体せんたいを水面すいめん下かに没ぼっして航行こうこう不能ふのうとなること。
  3. 隠かくれてなくなること。滅ほろびること。
  4. (比喩ひゆ)酒さけに酔ようなどして正体しょうたいが無なくなること。
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