"どん底" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [dõ̞nd͡zo̞ko̞] Forms: どん底 [canonical] (ruby: (ぞこ)), donzoko [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of どん (don-, intensifier, derived from and expressing a greater degree than ど (do)) + 底 (soko, “the bottom of something, the depths of something”). The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|ど|tr=do}} ど (do), {{prefix|ja|どん|底|pos1=intensifier, derived from and expressing a greater degree than <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">ど</i> (do)|t2=the bottom of something, the depths of something|tr1=don|tr2=soko}} どん (don-, intensifier, derived from and expressing a greater degree than ど (do)) + 底 (soko, “the bottom of something, the depths of something”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|どん底}} とんそこ, {{rendaku2|soko|zoko}} The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|どんぞこ}} どん底(ぞこ) • (donzoko)
  1. (both literally and figuratively) absolute lowest point, rock bottom, very bottom Tags: figuratively, literally
    Sense id: en-どん底-ja-noun-6nyQGbVJ Categories (other): Japanese terms prefixed with どん Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with どん: 60 40
  2. very bad situation, catastrophic situation, the abyss
    Sense id: en-どん底-ja-noun-pW1-BkB- Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 32 68

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              "乏",
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