どん底

どんぞこ

Meanings

1. Noun very bottom; rock bottom

Kanji

• 底 bottom. Read as そこ.

Example sentences

• 失業者は常にどん底におちる羽目になります。
  The unemployed always wind up at the bottom of the heap.
• 彼は貧乏のどん底だ。
  He is as poor as can be.

Common phrases

• どん底にいる
• どん底に落ちる

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