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しょんぼり (shonbori)

crestfallen; depressed

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Meaning

しょんぼり (shonbori) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “crestfallen; depressed”.

Example sentences 10

しょんぼりしてどうしたの

Why are you so down?

彼はしょんぼりと立ち去った。

He walked away downheartedly.

彼かれはしょんぼりして、哀あわれに見みえた。

He looked piteous, like a drowned mouse.

彼女はしょんぼりと、物思いにふけっているようだった。

She was sitting there drooped into a muse.

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