どん底

Japanese
Kanji in this term
底
そこ > ぞこ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

どん底 (hiragana どんぞこ, rōmaji donzoko)

  1. absolute lowest point, rock bottom, very bottom
  2. very bad situation; catastrophic situation; abyss
    貧乏 (びんぼう)のどん底 (ぞこ)
    binbō no donzoko
    extreme poverty

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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