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沈没, ちんぼつ

  • chinbotsu
JLPT LEVEL 1

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

  • sinking
  • foundering
  • going down
  • submersion

Examples of 沈没,ちんぼつ in a Sentence

彼らは沈没する船を見捨てた。
They abandoned the sinking ship.
その船は出帆して２日後に沈没した。
The ship set sail only to sink two days later.
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.
船が沈没してしまってのち、船の残骸が引き上げられた。
The wreckage of the ship was salvaged after it had gone to Davy Jones's locker.
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.

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