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意気消沈, 意気銷沈, いきしょうちん

  • ikishōchin

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

  • depressed in spirits
  • dispirited
  • disheartened
  • rejection

Examples of 意気消沈,意気銷沈,いきしょうちん in a Sentence

君の犬は本当に意気消沈しているのだろう。
Your dog may be really depressed.
彼は意気消沈している。
He's depressed.
みじめな連敗で我々は意気消沈した。
A miserable sequence of defeats discouraged us.
彼らは一試合も勝てなかったので、意気消沈した。
They lost heart because they had won no games.
彼女はあらゆる難問に意気消沈していた。
She was depressed by all her problems.
彼らはそのプロジェクトが思ったように収益を上げずに、意気消沈していた。
They seemed really despondent to find that their project didn't boost profits like they thought it would.

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