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窪む

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 窪む.

Dictionary

Entry

窪む凹むぼむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #29897
1

to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

Examples
スープを入れるくぼんだお皿がありますか。
Do you have a bowl for soup?

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

depression, cave in, sink, become hollow

14 strokesFrequency 1,853Grade 9

On

Kun

くぼ.むくぼ.みくぼ.まるくぼ

concave, hollow, sunken

5 strokesFrequency 2,206JLPT N1Grade 8

On

オウ

Kun

くぼ.むへこ.むぼこ

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