Moto 沈: Sink; Be Submerged; SubsideKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チン、ジン
- Kun'yomi
- しず(む)、しず(める)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 97 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チン・ジン)
- 沈黙ちんもくsilence; being silent
- 沈下ちんかsinking; subsidence
- 沈没ちんぼつsinking; foundering
- 沈着ちんちゃくsettling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition
- 浮沈ふちんfloating and sinking; rise and fall
- 意気消沈いきしょうちんdepressed in spirits; dispirited
- 撃沈げきちんsending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship)
- 沈滞ちんたいstagnation; inactivity
- 沈痛ちんつうgrave; sad
- 沈降ちんこうsedimentation; subsidence
- 沈静ちんせいstillness; tranquility
- 不沈ふちんunsinkable
- 不沈艦ふちんかんunsinkable battleship
- 冷静沈着れいせいちんちゃくcalm, cool, and collected; level and calm
- 地盤沈下じばんちんかland subsidence
- 天安沈没事件てんあんちんぼつじけんsinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan (allegedly by a North Korean torpedo; March 26, 2010)
- 尿沈渣にょうちんさurinary sediment (e.g. in urinalysis)
- 意気銷沈いきしょうちんdepressed in spirits; dispirited
- 沈丁花じんちょうげwinter daphne (Daphne odora)
- 沈下橋ちんかばしbridge designed to be underwater during a flood
- 沈勇ちんゆうcomposed courage
- 沈吟ちんぎんhum; meditation
- 沈埋工法ちんまいこうほうunderwater tunnel construction by sinking prefabricated box culverts
- 沈思ちんしcontemplation; meditation
- 沈思黙考ちんしもっこうbeing lost in deep thought
- 沈殿ちんでんprecipitation; deposition
- 沈殿槽ちんでんそうprecipitation tank; settling tank
- 沈殿物ちんでんぶつsediment; deposit
- 沈水植物ちんすいしょくぶつsubmerged plant; submerged vegetation
- 沈水海岸ちんすいかいがんsubmergent coastline; submerged coast
- 沈没船ちんぼつせんsunken ship
- 沈泥ちんでいsilt
- 沈淪ちんりんsinking into obscurity; being ruined
- 沈渣ちんさsediment; hypostatis
- 沈溺ちんできbeing immersed in water; being drowned
- 沈潜ちんせんsinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths
- 沈澱ちんでんprecipitation; deposition
- 沈澱物ちんでんぶつsediment; deposit
- 沈着冷静ちんちゃくれいせいcalm, cool, and collected; level and calm
- 沈着率ちんちゃくりつdeposition rate; deposition fraction
- 沈砂ちんさgrit
- 沈積ちんせきsedimentation; deposition
- 沈積岩ちんせきがんsedimentary rock
- 沈積物ちんせきぶつdeposit; sediment
- 沈船ダイビングちんせんダイビングwreck diving
- 沈船ブイちんせんブイwreck buoy
- 沈船捜索救助計画ちんせんそうさくきゅうじょけいかくDeep Submergence Systems Project; DSSP
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 沈むしずむto sink; to go under
- 沈めるしずめるto sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge
- 浮き沈みうきしずみups and downs; bobbing up and down
- マットに沈むマットにしずむto be knocked out; to be overwhelmed
- 打ち沈むうちしずむto be depressed
- 沈みこむしずみこむto sink (into)
- 沈み込むしずみこむto sink (into)
- 沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬ありしずむせあればうかぶせありlife has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow
- 沈めしずめsinking; submerging
- 沈んだ心しずんだこころlow spirits; depressed heart
Other readings
- 沈々しんしんsilent (esp. of the passing of the night)
- 沈子いわweight (of a fishing net)
- 沈沈しんしんsilent (esp. of the passing of the night)
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