English–Japanese

“sink” in Japanese

Japanese

Also流し (nagashi) · 沈める (shizumeru)

Romajishizumu

船が海に沈みます。fune ga umi ni shizu mi ma su

The boat sinks into the sea.

“Sink” in Japanese is 沈む (shizumu).

Expresses a downward movement that ends below a surface or outside the range of sight, as with a boat or the setting sun.

大きな石が川の底に沈みました。ō ki na ishi ga kawa no soko ni shizu mi ma shi ta

A large stone sank to the bottom of the river.

In everyday Japanese, 気分が沈む (kibun ga shizumu, "to feel low") uses the verb for a person's spirits becoming less lively.

nagashi

nounsink

台所の流しを毎日洗います。dai dokoro no naga shi o mai nichi ara i ma su

I wash the kitchen sink every day.

shizumeru

verbsink

船を海底に沈めます。fune o kai tei ni shizu me ma su

I sink the ship to the seabed.