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沈める しずめる N1

  1. to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge
  2. to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair)
  3. to floor (an opponent)

身を沈める みをしずめる

  1. to sink (into one's seat, etc.)
  2. to leap to one's death (by drowning)
  3. to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
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