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The bottom has fallen out of the market.
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soko
pronoun
  1. there (place relatively near listener)
  2. there (place just mentioned); that place
  3. then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
  4. you
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shirazu
noun, used as a suffix
  1. not having; unaffected by
conjunction
  1. aside; I don't know about ... (often as ～は知らず)
  2. I know not whether; I know not if (at the beginning of a sentence)
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no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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souba
noun
  1. market price
  2. speculation (e.g. on stocks)
  3. reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem
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da
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
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#3 Posted by Deleted Account about 4 months ago

It's an English Idiom, it basically means that sales for a product or stocks have dropped or are dropping at an alarming rate.  It is quite often used for the sharemarket as well, when the market is in freefall.

For the Japanese, this is likely to be a translation of the English Idiom, rather than something that people say regularly, but 底(そこ) means bottom, and 知(し)ら(ら)ず(ず) is the zu-negative form of 知(し)る(る) and means to not know.  So put together, 底(そこ)知(し)ら(ら)ず(ず)の相(そう)場(ば) means a bottomless market.

#2 Posted by flint about 4 months ago

Hello,

Could anyone help me with the meaning of this sentence, please?

"The bottom has fallen out of the market." doesn't make much sense, does it?

Thank you!

 

#1 Posted by Deleted Account about 4 months ago


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