潜る

Meaning

1. v5rvi
   to dive (into or under water)
2. v5rvi
   to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under
3. v5rvi
   to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground
4. v5rvi
   to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through
5. v5rvi
   to dive (into or under the water)
6. v5rvi
   to evade; to get around; to slip past
7. v5rvi
   to survive; to surmount

Example sentences

• 深く潜れば潜るほど、水は冷たくなる。

  As we dive deeper, the water becomes colder.

• 海に潜ったら耳抜きしてください。

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

• ロッククライミングも、海で深く潜ることもしたし、インドネシアの熱帯雨林で眠ったこともある。

  I've done rock climbing and deep-sea diving and slept in an Indonesian jungle.