底（そこ）
JLPT N2 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: bottom
Example sentences
- 景気がようやく底を打った。 — The economy has finally hit bottom.
- 湖の底まで光が届かない。 — The light doesn't reach the bottom of the lake.
Idioms & proverbs containing “底”
- 周知徹底 (しゅうちてってい) — making (something) known to everyone; publicizing as widely as possible; dissemination
- 海底撈月 (かいていろうげつ) — totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)
- 大悟徹底 (たいごてってい) — attain divine enlightenment; perceive absolute truth; experience spiritual awakening
- 凡事徹底 (ぼんじてってい) — doing mundane things properly and thoroughly; thoroughness in all things; attention to detail
- 方底円蓋 (ほうていえんがい) — being a (total) mismatch; not fitting together; being ill-suited; poor fit; square base, round lid
- 奈落の底 (ならくのそこ) — depths of Hell
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