底意

Reading

Kana: そこい

Romaji: sokoi

Definition

noun

1

one's underlying motives or true intentions

Kanji

底

Readings: テイ、 そこ

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

意

Reading: イ

Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は人(ひと)が良(よ)さそうに見(み)えるが本当(ほんとう)は底意地(そこいじ)が悪(わる)い。

➥He seems nice, but he's wicked at heart.

７０才(さい)の老人(ろうじん)は２０才(さい)の妻(つま)をつねに家(いえ)において離(はな)さなかった。その老人(ろうじん)は底意地(そこいじ)が悪(わる)かった。

➥The seventy year old man kept his twenty year old wife at home all the time; he had a dog in the manger attitude.