- ichidan verb, intransitive to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe
- to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted; to wallow in
溺れる
おぼれる
to struggle in the water
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In sentences
彼は川でおぼれた。 He drowned in the river. #103023
彼女は酒に溺れた。 She abandoned herself to drinking. #1175953
彼は害になるほど酒に溺れた。 He had taken to drinking more than was good for him. #108931
男の子は溺れるところでした。 The boy almost drowned. #11891100
その少年はおぼれそうになった。 The boy was almost drowned. #209141
彼女は快楽に溺れた。 She abandoned herself to pleasure. #1175968