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打ち沈む (うちしずむ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

打うち沈しずむ

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Meanings

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godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

be depressed; be sunk in gloom

Describes a state of being deeply depressed or dejected, often with a nuance of being weighed down by sadness.

彼かれは失しつ恋れんして打うち沈しずんでいる。
He is depressed after a broken heart.
打うち沈しずんだ表ひょう情じょうで座すわってい

た

。

He sat there with a dejected look on his face.

Written forms

打うち沈しずむUsage86%
Standard kanji spelling for this verb.
うちしずむUsage14%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.

Kanji

打strike, hit, knock
沈sink, be submerged, subside

Similar words

落おち込こむ
落ち込む is a more common and casual word for feeling down or depressed. 打ち沈む is more literary and emphasizes a heavy, sinking gloom.
沈しずむ
沈む means 'to sink' physically or metaphorically. 打ち沈む adds the prefix 打ち-, intensifying the sense of being emotionally sunk or weighed down.

Etymology

Compound of 打ち (uchi, prefix adding emphasis or force) and 沈む (shizumu, 'to sink'). The prefix intensifies the sinking feeling, giving the meaning of being deeply sunk in depression.