底抜け|そこぬけsokonuke[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjectivebottomless (bucket, etc.)
  2. na-adjective, no-adjectiveunbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; extreme; uninhibited
    彼かれは底抜そこぬけの馬鹿ばかだ。↗
    He's an absolute fool.
  3. no-adjectiveimprudent; indiscreet; undisciplined; careless
  4. nounextremely heavy drinker
  5. noun, financefreefall (of a market)
Conjugation
Plain form底抜け(そこぬけ)
Polite (desu)底抜けです(そこぬけです)
Negative (dewa nai)底抜けではない(そこぬけではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)底抜けではありません(そこぬけではありません)
Past (datta)底抜けだった(そこぬけだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)底抜けではなかった(そこぬけではなかった)
Te form (de)底抜けで(そこぬけで)
Adverbial (ni)底抜けに(そこぬけに)
Conditional (nara)底抜けなら(そこぬけなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Relatedだらし無いだらしないNeutralEveryday word for a sloppy, lazy or spineless person; the most common choice. 「底抜け」 instead appears as 「底抜けに明るい」 for boundless cheer.
  • Related放漫ほうまんWrittenWritten/formal word for lax, careless management or finances, as in 「放漫経営」; used mainly of organizations.
  • Related締まりのないしまりのないNeutralSlack and lacking tightness; describes expressions, writing or situations, and judges by outward impression rather than character.
  • RelatedしまらないCasualColloquial: loose and dragging; also of a scene that never comes together or wraps up badly, leaving it unimpressive. Strongly conversational in flavor.

For a sloppy, shiftless person use 「だらしない」; for lax management use 「放漫」. 「底抜け」 is mostly for boundless qualities like cheerfulness or good nature, as in 「底抜けに明るい」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 底そこが抜ぬけて無ないこと。また、そのもの。
  2. だらしないこと。また、その人ひと。
  3. 際限さいげんが無ないこと、限度げんどを超こえていること。
  4. 底抜そこぬけ上戸じょうご。
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