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溺: drown

drown; indulge
13 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 8 words here

Readings

On
デキ・ジョウ・ニョウ
Kun
いばり・おぼれる

Kun 溺れる (おぼれる) means drown or lose oneself in something; on-yomi デキ appears in 溺愛 and 溺死.

Key words

溺れるおぼれるto drown; to indulge
溺愛できあいdoting love
溺死できしdrowning
耽溺たんできindulgence; addiction

Example sentences

A child was drowning in the river and was rescued by someone nearby.

My grandfather dotes on his first grandchild.

On the stormy night the ship sank, and several people drowned.

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