どん底
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 底 |
| そこ > ぞこ Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of どん (don-, intensifier, derived from and expressing a greater degree than ど (do)) + 底 (soko, “the bottom of something, the depths of something”).[1][2] The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (both literally and figuratively) absolute lowest point, rock bottom, very bottom
- very bad situation, catastrophic situation, the abyss
- 貧乏のどん底
- binbō no donzoko
- extreme poverty, the rock bottom of poverty
- 貧乏のどん底
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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