Word Meaning どん底

どんぞこ donzoko

どん底 is read as どんぞこ (donzoko) and means The Lower Depths (1902 play by Maxim Gorky).

Meaning

English

The Lower Depths (1902 play by Maxim Gorky)
very bottom
rock bottom

Reading

Kana

どんぞこ

Romaji

donzoko

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 絶頂 Rank 122068 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

海底

うなぞこ

undersea

水底

みずぞこ

sea or river bottom

船底

ふなぞこ

ship's bottom

谷底

たにぞこ

valley floor

底

そこ

bottom

到底

とうてい

(cannot) possibly

心底

しんそこ

bottom of one's heart

奥底

おうてい

bottom (of one's heart)

根底

こんてい

root

川底

かわぞこ

riverbed

地底

ちてい

depths of the earth

湖底

こてい

bottom of a lake

Example Sentences

彼は貧乏のどん底だ。

He is as poor as can be.