おぼれる

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
溺れる

Pronunciation

Verb

おぼれる (oboreruintransitive ichidan (stem おぼれ (obore), past おぼれた (oboreta))

  1. to almost drown
  2. to drown
  3. to do something excessively; to get lost in an activity
  4. to indulge in, to wallow in, to overindulge

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN