Word details

底をつく

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 底をつく.

Dictionary

Entry

底をつく底を突くそこをつくExpressionGodan verbFreq #25899
1

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted

Examples
我々の食料は底を突いた
Our supply of food is exhausted.
2

to hit the bottom; to bottom out

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort

8 strokesFrequency 867JLPT N2Grade 4

On

テイ

Kun

そこ

stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

8 strokesFrequency 521JLPT N2Grade 8

On

トツ

Kun

つ.く

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