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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
氵
water drops
弱
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
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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.
He saved the drowning child at the cost of his own life.
She saved her children from drowning.
The drowning man shouted for help.
The drowning man called for help, but in vain.
That tall boy saved the drowning child.
All the passengers were saved from drowning.
I saved Tom's dog from drowning.
Tom drowned in the ocean.
Tom rescued a boy from drowning last weekend.
She saved the drowning child at the risk of her own life.
He came near to being drowned in the river.
The young man saved the girl from drowning.
Somebody had drowned her in the bathtub.
He was almost drowned.
He drowned while swimming in the river.
He fell overboard and drowned.
She almost drowned.
The policeman saved the child from drowning.
Some of the crew were drowned.
If my brother hadn't helped me, I would've drowned.
A girl drowned in the pond yesterday.
Charles lived a life of debauchery when he was young.
Tom drowned in Lake Superior three years ago.