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沈殿する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	沈ちん殿でんする	沈ちん殿でんしない
Polite	沈ちん殿でんします	沈ちん殿でんしません
Past polite	沈ちん殿でんしました	沈ちん殿でんしませんでした
Past	沈ちん殿でんした	沈ちん殿でんしなかった
Te-form	沈ちん殿でんして	沈ちん殿でんしないで
Desire	沈ちん殿でんしたい	沈ちん殿でんしたくない
Potential	沈ちん殿でんできる	沈ちん殿でんできない
Passive	沈ちん殿でんされる	沈ちん殿でんされない
Causative	沈ちん殿でんさせる	沈ちん殿でんさせない
Causative passive	沈ちん殿でんさせられる	沈ちん殿でんさせられない
Volitional	沈ちん殿でんしよう
Polite volitional	沈ちん殿でんしましょう
Imperative	沈ちん殿でんしろ	沈ちん殿でんするな
Conditional	沈ちん殿でんすれば	沈ちん殿でんしなければ
Tara conditional	沈ちん殿でんしたら	沈ちん殿でんしなかったら

Meanings

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

precipitation; deposition; settlement

Technical term for particles settling out of a liquid, used in chemistry, geology, and water treatment. Also used as a suru-verb.

溶よう液えき中ちゅうの不ふ純じゅん物ぶつが沈ちん殿でんした。
Impurities in the solution precipitated.
川かわの水みずを静しずかに置おくと、泥どろが沈ちん殿でんする。
If you let river water sit still, the mud settles.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が底そこに沈ちん殿でんするfor a substance to settle/precipitate at the bottom (of a liquid)
しばらく置おくと、粉ふん末まつが底そこに沈ちん殿でんした。
After sitting for a while, the powder settled at the bottom.
〈物もの〉を沈ちん殿でんさせるto make a substance precipitate/settle out
薬やく剤ざいを加くわえて不ふ純じゅん物ぶつを沈ちん殿でんさせた。
We added a chemical agent to make the impurities precipitate out.

Kanji

沈sink, be submerged, subside
殿Mr., hall, mansion
澱sediment, grounds, dregs

Related words

沈ちん降こう
沈降 refers broadly to sinking or subsidence (e.g. land, sediment layers), while 沈殿 specifically means particles settling out of a liquid.
堆たい積せきN1
堆積 emphasizes the gradual accumulation and buildup of sediment or material over time, while 沈殿 focuses on the act of particles settling out of a liquid.
沈ちん着ちゃく
沈殿 is the standard word for 'precipitation' in chemistry; 沈着 is less common and often used for natural settling or adherence.
よどむN1
沈殿する is a technical term for substances precipitating as sediment, while 淀む is a broader, less scientific word for matter settling.

Opposites

溶よう解かい
溶解 means a substance dissolving into a liquid, the opposite process of 沈殿, in which particles separate out and settle.

Don't confuse with

沈ちん滞たい
沈滞 (stagnation, sluggishness, e.g. of an economy) sounds similar to 沈殿 but has nothing to do with particles settling in a liquid.

Word family

沈ちん殿でん剤ざい
precipitant; precipitating agent
沈ちん殿でん槽そう
sedimentation tank; settling tank; precipitation tank
沈ちん殿でん物ぶつ
sediment; deposit; precipitate; sludge; lees
綿めん状じょう沈ちん殿でん
flocculent precipitate

Written forms

沈ちん殿でんUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling for precipitation and sedimentation.
沈ちん澱でんUsage24%
Variant spelling using 澱 (dregs/sediment); less common than 沈殿.

Etymology

Compound of 沈 (sink) and 殿 (palace/hall), here used in the sense of 'settling' or 'sediment'. The variant 沈澱 uses 澱 (dregs/sediment) for a more direct semantic link.