身みを沈しずめる

expression, ichidan verb

sink into one's seat; slump down

Describes physically lowering oneself into a seat, bath, or similar, often with a sense of relaxation or exhaustion.

• 彼かれはソファに身みを沈しずめて、ため息いきをついた。

  He sank into the sofa and sighed.

• 疲つかれたので、湯ゆ船ぶねに身みを沈しずめた。

  I was tired, so I sank into the bathtub.

expression, ichidan verb

leap to one's death by drowning; drown oneself

Refers to intentionally throwing oneself into water to die. A literary or dramatic expression.

• 絶ぜつ望ぼうのあまり、彼かの女じょは海うみに身みを沈しずめた。

  In despair, she threw herself into the sea.

expression, ichidan verb

be reduced to prostitution; end up working as a prostitute

Euphemistic or figurative expression for falling into prostitution, often due to poverty or desperation. Rare and somewhat dated.

• 借しゃっ金きんのために、彼かの女じょは身みを沈しずめるしかなかった。

  Because of debt, she had no choice but to end up working as a prostitute.