沈ちん溺でき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

drowning; being submerged in water

Literary or formal term for being immersed in water, often with a sense of sinking or drowning. Rare in everyday speech.

• 彼かれは川かわで沈ちん溺できしそうになった。

  He nearly drowned in the river.

• 沈ちん溺できする危き険けんがあるので、この湖みずうみでは泳およがないでください。

  Please do not swim in this lake because of the danger of drowning.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

being infatuated; being absorbed in; being blinded by

Figurative use: being so engrossed in something (e.g., love, pleasure) that one loses oneself, like drowning. Literary and somewhat archaic.

• 彼かれは酒しゅ色しょくに沈ちん溺できして身みを持もち崩くずした。

  He ruined himself by indulging in drink and women.

• 快かい楽らくに沈ちん溺できする生せい活かつは長ながく続つづかない。

  A life absorbed in pleasure cannot last long.