思おもい耽ふける

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be lost in thought; be immersed in reverie

Describes being deeply absorbed in one's own thoughts, often with a nuance of brooding or daydreaming.

彼かれは窓まどの外そとを眺ながめながら、思おもい耽ふけっていた。
He was lost in thought while gazing out the window.
一人ひとりで部屋へやにこもっ

て

、

思おも

い

耽ふけ

る

時じ

間かん

も

大たい

切せつ

だ

。

Time spent alone in a room, immersed in reverie, is also important.

Written forms

思おもい耽ふける
Standard kanji spelling.
思おもいふけるUsage100%
Common kana-mixed spelling; 耽 is a less common kanji.
思おもい耽ふける
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; it is such.

Kanji

思think
耽addicted, absorbed in

Similar words

考かんがえ込こむ
考え込む implies being deep in thought, often about a specific problem or worry, while 思い耽る has a more poetic, dreamy, or brooding nuance without necessarily focusing on a concrete issue.
物もの思おもいにふける
物思いにふける is a common set phrase with the same meaning; 思い耽る is its more compact, literary equivalent.

Etymology

Compound of 思い (thought) and 耽る (to indulge in, be absorbed in). The verb 耽る itself is of uncertain origin, possibly related to 更ける (to grow late) with a sense of sinking deeply into an activity.