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溺れる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
溺れる
BOOST
Reading : おぼれる   
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water)  (often written with kana only)
2. to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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溺れる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 57,000 (about 7,130,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4271 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15788
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
その
しょうねん
少年
おぼ
ところだった
The boy was all but drowned.
かのじょ
彼女
あや
うく
おぼ
れる
ところだった
She came near to drowning.
その
あや
うく
おぼ
れる
ところであった
The child was almost drowned.
おぼれる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 168,000 (about 448,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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デキ   おぼれる to drown; to indulge   
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ジャク   よわ weak   よわ to weaken, to be troubled   よわまる to weaken, to abate   よわめる to weaken, to break the force of   
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double bow; strong   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
スイ   みず water   
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