No. 3,419 in Japanese
淹
"淹" means "to flood" or "to submerge."
In a sentence
川が淹れて村が浸水しました。
The river flooded and the village was inundated.
In this sentence, 淹 is used to describe the act of water flooding or inundating an area.
コップに飲み物を淹れます。
I pour a drink into the cup.
Here, 淹 refers to the act of pouring or filling a container with a liquid.
彼は心に淹れることを学びました。
He learned to embrace it in his heart.
In this sentence, 淹 metaphorically suggests taking something in or internalizing it, highlighting a figurative usage.
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