to sink into → gloomy, depressed 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme shizumu (沈む)
meaning 1 to sink 投げたコインはゆっくり水底に沈んだ. Nageta koin wa yukkuri suitei ni shizunda.
The tossed coin slowly sank to the bottom.
direction →
meaning 2 to get depressed 沈んだ顔をしてるけど何かあったのか. Shizunda kao o shiteru kedo nanika atta no ka?
What's the matter with you? You look so blue.
reference
comment Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary. T.Watanabe, E.Skrzypczak, P.Snowden eds. Tokyo: Kenkyusha. 2003 (5th edition)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme ochikomu
meaning 1 to sink, to fall in イエスは穴に落ち込んだ羊の話をしておられます Iesu wa ana ni ochikonda hitsuji no hanashi o shite oraremasu
Jesus talks about a sheep that has fallen into a hole
direction →
meaning 2 gloomy 落ち込んだ 友達を励ます時に ochikonda tomodashi o hagemasu toki ni
when you cheer up a friend who is feeling sad (lit. who has sunk)
reference BCCWJ
comment Seldom used literally (cf. also 深く落ち込んだ谷 "deeply sunken valley")
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme abying-ba
meaning 1 to plunge, to sink; to subside, to fall through
direction —
meaning 2 to weaken, to slacken, to lose courage
reference
comment Рерих VI, 316.

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