沈没
ちんぼつ
Meanings
- Noun, する verb, Intransitive sinking; foundering; going down; submersion
- getting dead drunk
- having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties
- staying in one place for a long time (backpacker slang)
Kanji
Example sentences
- タイタニック号は処女航海で沈没した。
The Titanic sunk on its maiden voyage. - タイタニック号が最初の航海中に沈没したのは１９１２年のことだ。
It was in 1912 that the Titanic sank during her first voyage. - 1912年、タイタニック号は処女航海中に沈没した。
It was in 1912 that the Titanic sank during her first voyage. - アテネへ向かう一隻の貨物船が何の痕跡も残さずに地中海で沈没した。
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace. - 船は乗務員全員を乗せたまま沈没した。
The ship sank with all her crew on board.
Common phrases
Words containing 沈没
- 沈没船 (ちんぼつせん) sunken ship
- 日本沈没 (にっぽんちんぼつ) Japan Sinks (1973 novel by Sakyo Komatsu)
- 天安沈没事件 (てんあんちんぼつじけん) sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; March 26, 2010)