Keyword
to drown
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1324
Readings
おぼ
(73%)
でき
(26%)
Composed of
water drops
weak
Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
death by drowning
Examples (26 in total)
The boy was on the point of drowning when his father came to his rescue.
Bill dived into the river to save the drowning child.
He saved a child from drowning in a pond.