心しん底そこ

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JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to the deepest, truest part of one's mind or feelings. Often used in expressions like 心底から or 心底を見抜く.

from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; sincerely

Only with reading しんそこ

Adverbial use restricted to the reading しんそこ. Describes doing something with complete sincerity or deep feeling.

〈人ひと〉の心しん底そこを見み抜ぬくto see through someone's true feelings
彼かの女じょは彼かれの心しん底そこを見み抜ぬいていた。
She saw through his true feelings.
心しん底そこから〈動どう詞し〉to do something from the bottom of one's heart
彼かの女じょには心しん底そこから感かん謝しゃしている。
I'm deeply grateful to her from the bottom of my heart.
心しん底そこ〈形けい容よう詞し〉to be truly/deeply (a certain feeling)
その知しらせを聞きいて心しん底そこうれしかった。
I was truly delighted to hear that news.

本ほん心しんN1sense 1
本心 refers to one's true feelings or real intention in general, while 心底 stresses the deepest, most sincere layer of those feelings.
心こころからN3sense 2
心から and 心底 both mean 'from the bottom of one's heart' as adverbs, but 心底 carries a slightly stronger sense of depth or thoroughness.
心こころの底そこ sense 1
心の底 is the more literal, descriptive phrase for 'the bottom of one's heart,' while 心底 is the more idiomatic, often adverbial equivalent.
本ほん音ねN2sense 1
本音 is one's true feelings as opposed to a public façade (建前), whereas 心底 focuses on the depth and sincerity of feeling itself.

心底Usage95%
- しんそこ
  Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news ranking.
- しんてい
真底Usage3%
rarely-used kanji form
- しんそこ
  Rarely used kanji form.
- しんてい
しんそこUsage2%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for the adverbial sense.
しんていUsage<1%

Compound of 心 (heart, mind) and 底 (bottom). The reading しんそこ uses the on'yomi of 心 and the kun'yomi of 底, a common mixed reading pattern.