淵えん底てい

noun

bottom depths of water; abyss

Refers to the deepest part of a body of water, often with a literary or dramatic tone.

• その湖みずうみの淵えん底ていには、古こ代だいの遺い跡せきが眠ねむっていると言いわれている。

  It is said that ancient ruins lie at the bottom depths of that lake.

noun

depths; bottom (of something)

Metaphorical extension: the deepest, most hidden part of something non-physical, such as despair or a mystery.

• 彼かれは絶ぜつ望ぼうの淵えん底ていに沈しずんでいた。

  He was sunk in the depths of despair.

adverb

completely; thoroughly; fully

Archaic adverbial use meaning 'to the very bottom' or 'thoroughly'; not used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ文ぶんでは「淵えん底ていに知しる」のように用もちいられた。

  In classical texts, it was used as in 'to know thoroughly'.