verb (ichidan)おぼれる · oboreru
Englishto struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe
- あなたが助けてくれなかったら私はおぼれていたことでしょう。If it had not been for your help, I should have drowned.
Englishto indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted; to wallow in
- 私の父は毎日酒におぼれている。My father drinks daily.
Source: JMdict (EDRDG) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG)