沈 — sink, be submerged, subside

Common words with 沈

• 沈黙ちんもくsilence; being silent; quiet; hushCommon

  それから長い沈黙が続いた。
  There followed a long silence.

• 沈下ちんかsinking; subsidenceCommon
• 沈着ちんちゃくcomposure; calmness; self-possession; presence of mindCommon

  沈着な彼女の言葉で我々の恐怖は消し飛んだ。
  Her calm words banished our fears.

• 沈没ちんぼつsinking; foundering; going down; submersionCommon
• 浮沈ふちんfloating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downsCommon
• 撃沈げきちん(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottomCommon
• 沈むしずむto sink; to go under; to submergeCommon
• 沈めるしずめるto sink (e.g. a ship); to submergeCommon
• 沈静ちんせいsettling down; quieting down; cooling down; cooling offCommon
• 沈滞ちんたいstagnation; inactivityCommon
• 沈痛ちんつうgrave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensiveOccasional
• 沈降ちんこうsedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells); precipitation; settlingOccasional
• 意気消沈いきしょうちんlow spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondencyOccasional
• 浮き沈みうきしずみups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowingOccasional
• 沈めしずめsinking; submergingOccasional
• 沈黙の春ちんもくのはるSilent Spring (book by Rachel Carson, 1962)Rare
• 沈んだ心しずんだこころlow spirits; depressed heartRare
• 沈黙の殺人者ちんもくのさつじんしゃsilent killerRare
• 日本沈没にっぽんちんぼつJapan Sinks (1973 novel by Sakyo Komatsu)Rare
• 沈没船ちんぼつせんsunken shipRare

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