考かんがえに耽ふける

expression, godan verb (-ru)

be absorbed in thought; muse; think things through

Describes being deeply lost in one's own thoughts, often for a prolonged period. The expression is a set phrase combining 考え (thought) with 耽る (to be absorbed).

See also: 考え事に耽る

• 彼かれは窓まど辺べに座すわって、考かんがえに耽ふけっていた。

  He sat by the window, absorbed in thought.

• 将しょう来らいのことを考かんがえに耽ふける時じ間かんが好すきだ。

  I like spending time musing about the future.