沈ちん潜せん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

sinking into deep thought; contemplation; sinking to the depths

Literary word for immersing oneself in thought or sinking into a deep, quiet state. Can also refer to literal sinking into depths. Often used with する to mean 'to be lost in thought' or 'to contemplate deeply'.

• 彼かれは書しょ斎さいにこもって沈ちん潜せんしている。

  He is shut away in his study, sunk in deep thought.

• 哲てつ学がく書しょを読よみながら沈ちん潜せんする時じ間かんが好すきだ。

  I like the time spent in contemplation while reading philosophy books.