溺れ死ぬ

おぼれしぬ

Also written おぼれじぬ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to die by drowning; to drown

Kanji

• 溺 drown. Read as おぼれる.
• 死 die. Read as しぬ.

Example sentences

• 飢え死にするくらいなら、溺れ死んだほうがましだ。
  I might as well drown as starve.
• １人の少女が昨日池で溺れ死んだ。
  A girl drowned in the pond yesterday.
• 大勢の人がおぼれ死んだ。
  A number of people were drowned.
• 私の兄の助けがなかったら、私は溺れ死んでいたであろう。
  If my brother hadn't saved me, I would've drowned.

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