沈没 (ちんぼつ): sinking, foundering — Japanese vocabulary
沈没 is read ちんぼつ and means "sinking, foundering". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
沈没
- Reading
- ちんぼつ · chimbotsu
- Translation
- sinking, foundering
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- ちんぼつが
Example
アテネへ向かう一隻の貨物船が何の痕跡も残さずに地中海で沈没した。
アテネへむかういちせきのかもつせんがなんのこんせきものこさずにちちゅうかいでちんぼつした。
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.
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