JLPT N3 · Verb

沈む (shizumu)

沈む (しずむ, shizumu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to sink; to go under”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しずむ
Romaji: shizumu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to sink; to go under; to submerge · godan verb, intransitive
to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend · godan verb, intransitive
to feel depressed; to become subdued; to become somber · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

まるで、沈む船から逃げるネズミみたいね。

It's just like rats leaving a sinking ship.

Tatoeba #74912

太陽が水平線の下に沈んだ。

The sun sank below the horizon.

Tatoeba #138160

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 沈む

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	沈む	しずむ shizumu
Polite (~masu)	沈みます	しずみます shizumimasu
Negative	沈まない	しずまない shizumanai
Polite negative	沈みません	しずみません shizumimasen
Past	沈んだ	しずんだ shizunda
Polite past	沈みました	しずみました shizumimashita
Negative past	沈まなかった	しずまなかった shizumanakatta
Te-form	沈んで	しずんで shizunde
Potential	沈める	しずめる shizumeru
Passive	沈まれる	しずまれる shizumareru
Causative	沈ませる	しずませる shizumaseru
Volitional	沈もう	しずもう shizumou
Imperative	沈め	しずめ shizume
Conditional (~ba)	沈めば	しずめば shizumeba

Kanji in 沈む

沈

sink, be submerged, subsideチン・ジン・しず.む・しず.める · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 沈む.

沈没ちんぼつsinking沈黙ちんもくsilence沈めるしずめるto sink (e.g. a ship)沈殿ちんでんprecipitation

Source: JMdict entry 1431670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.