潜

Meanings

submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush

ES: esconderse, ocultarse, silenciar

Common words

• 潜水せんすいdiving, submerging, going underwater
• 潜入せんにゅうinfiltration, sneaking in, going undercover
• 潜るくぐるto go under, to pass under, to go through, to pass through
• 原潜げんせんnuclear submarine
• 潜むひそむto lurk, to be hidden, to be concealed, to lie dormant, to be latent
• 潜在せんざいpotentiality, dormancy, latency
• 潜伏せんぷくconcealment, hiding, ambush
• 潜水艦せんすいかんsubmarine

Example sentences

• 潜水せんすいして泳およげるかい。

  Can you swim underwater?

  ¿Puedes nadar por debajo del agua?

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• 彼かれは農夫のうふに身みをやつして城下町じょうかまちに潜入せんにゅうした。

  Disguising himself as a peasant, he crept into the castle town.

  Disfrazado de campesino, se introdujo en el castillo de la ciudad.

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• 海うみに潜もぐったら耳みみ抜ぬきしてください。

  If you go underwater, hold your nose and blow to clear your ears.

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• 深ふかく潜もぐれば潜もぐるほど、水みずは冷つめたくなる。

  As we dive deeper, the water becomes colder.

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