JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

沈没 (chinbotsu)

沈没 (ちんぼつ, chinbotsu) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “sinking; foundering”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ちんぼつ
Romaji: chinbotsu
Word class: Noun + する (suru verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

sinking; foundering; going down; submersion · noun, suru verb, intransitive
getting dead drunk · noun, suru verb, intransitive · colloquial
having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties · noun, suru verb, intransitive · colloquial
staying in one place for a long time · noun, suru verb, intransitive · slang · backpacker slang

Example sentences

彼らは沈没する船を見捨てた。

They abandoned the sinking ship.

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Conjugation of 沈没

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	沈没する	ちんぼつする chinbotsusuru
Polite (~masu)	沈没します	ちんぼつします chinbotsushimasu
Negative	沈没しない	ちんぼつしない chinbotsushinai
Polite negative	沈没しません	ちんぼつしません chinbotsushimasen
Past	沈没した	ちんぼつした chinbotsushita
Polite past	沈没しました	ちんぼつしました chinbotsushimashita
Negative past	沈没しなかった	ちんぼつしなかった chinbotsushinakatta
Te-form	沈没して	ちんぼつして chinbotsushite
Potential	沈没できる	ちんぼつできる chinbotsudekiru
Passive	沈没される	ちんぼつされる chinbotsusareru
Causative	沈没させる	ちんぼつさせる chinbotsusaseru
Volitional	沈没しよう	ちんぼつしよう chinbotsushiyou
Imperative	沈没しろ	ちんぼつしろ chinbotsushiro
Conditional (~ba)	沈没すれば	ちんぼつすれば chinbotsusureba

Kanji in 沈没

沈

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

没

drown, sink, hideボツ・モツ・おぼ.れる・しず.む · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 沈没.

沈むしずむto sink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没収ぼっしゅうseizure没落ぼつらくruin

Source: JMdict entry 1431800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.