深しん層そう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

deep layer; depths; deep level

Refers to a deep physical layer (e.g., of earth, ocean, or rock) or a deep, underlying level of something abstract (e.g., psychology, society, or meaning). Often used attributively with の.

Antonyms: 表層

• 深しん層そうの地ち層そうから化か石せきが発はっ見けんされた。

  Fossils were discovered in a deep geological layer.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばの深しん層そうには別べつの意い味みがある。

  There is another meaning at a deeper level of his words.