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どん底

Reading

Kana: どんぞこ
Romaji: donzoko
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

very bottom

Kanji

Readings: テイ、 そこ
Meanings: bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort

Example Sentences

(かれ)貧乏(びんぼう)のどん(ぞこ)だ。
➥He is as poor as can be.
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(かれ)悲劇(ひげき)のどん(ぞこ)にあった。
➥His cup of misery was full.
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失業者(しつぎょうしゃ)(つね)にどん(ぞこ)におちる羽目(はめ)になります。
➥The unemployed always wind up at the bottom of the heap.
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(かれ)不幸(ふこう)のどん(ぞこ)にあった。
➥He was in the depth of misery.
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彼女(かのじょ)絶望(ぜつぼう)のどん(ぞこ)にあった。
➥She was in an abyss of despair.
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彼女(かのじょ)幸福(こうふく)絶頂(ぜっちょう)から不幸(ふこう)のどん(ぞこ)()()とされた。
➥She was dropped from the height of happiness into the depth of misery.
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