没ぼつ入にゅう

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

being absorbed; immersion

Describes deep mental absorption in an activity, work, or thought. Often used with する to mean 'become absorbed'.

• 彼かれは読どく書しょに没ぼつ入にゅうしている。

  He is absorbed in reading.

• 仕し事ごとに没ぼつ入にゅうして時じ間かんを忘わすれた。

  I got so absorbed in work that I lost track of time.

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

sinking into; submersion

Physical sinking or submerging into a substance or environment. Less common than the absorption sense; often replaced by 沈む or 浸かる in everyday speech.

• 沼ぬまに没ぼつ入にゅうした車くるまを引ひき上あげる。

  They pull out a car that sank into the swamp.