잠기다

jamgida · [잠기다]

be submerged · be soaked · be veiled · be overspread

verbIntermediate

Meanings

잠기다 · verb · Intermediate

  1. be submerged; be soakedTo be under water.
  2. be veiled; be overspreadTo be covered or overlaid with something.
  3. be immersed; be sunkTo fall into a thought or feeling.

잠기다 · verb · Intermediate

  1. be locked; be fastenedFor a door, etc., to be locked with a lock or ring so that others cannot open it.
  2. be turned offFor tap water, gas, etc., to be caused to stop running.
  3. be fastenedFor buttons on clothes to be fastened.
  4. become hoarse; become huskyFor one's throat to become hoarse or swollen, failing to make proper sounds.

Examples from Lessons (3)

Conversely, when a protagonist is immersed in sadness due to some event, that emotion is called sorrow.

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A scene appears where the protagonist suddenly loses their temper, and, wondering why on earth they are acting like this, they became lost in deep thought.

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Time spent alone makes her sink into deeper contemplation.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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