沈

silence; being silent; quiet; hush

reticence; inaction

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Silence (1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō)

to sink; to go under; to submerge

to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend

to feel depressed; to become subdued; to become somber

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge

to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair)

to floor (an opponent)

to sink (into)

to get depressed

grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

to break the silence; to break one's silence

sinking; foundering; going down; submersion

Colloquial

getting dead drunk

Colloquial

having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties

Slang; Backpacker slang

staying in one place for a long time

melancholy; gloom; depression

precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

composure; calmness; self-possession; presence of mind

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

depositing (at the bottom); deposition; accumulation; adherence

Food, cooking

kimchi; kimchee

contemplation; meditation

sinking; subsidence

calm, cool, and collected; level and calm

sunken ship

being lost in deep thought

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

settling down; quieting down; cooling down; cooling off

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

stillness; quiet; tranquility

stagnation; inactivity

sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells); precipitation; settling

subsidence (e.g. of land); sinking; submerging

sinking; submerging

sinker; weight

sinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths; contemplation

winter daphne (Daphne odora)

low spirits; depressed heart