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凹へこむ

へこむ hekomu Play N2 Godan verb Intransitive

物の表面が内側へ押されてくぼむ。また、気持ちが落ち込む。 to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in; to be snubbed

Example 1

トムは彼女かのじょにフラれてへこんでいる。

Tom is depressed because his girlfriend left him.

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Example 2

箱の角がぶつかってへこんだ。

The corner of the box got dented when it hit something.

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Kanji breakdown

凹

N1

concave; hollow; sunken

On reading
オウ
Kun reading
くぼ.む、へこ.む、ぼこ
Radical
凵
Illustration of 凸凹
N2

でこぼこ

unevenness; roughness; ruggedness