深い

Meanings

1. deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.)
2. dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); heavy
3. close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intimate; thick
4. intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe; strong (feelings); serious (e.g. blow); deep-seated (e.g. hatred)
5. profound (e.g. meaning); deep (e.g. thought); heavy (e.g. silence)

Part of speech: i-adjective

Kanji

• 深

  Meanings

  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen

  On reading

  シン

  Kun reading

  ふか.い、-ぶか.い、ふか.まる、ふか.める、み-

  Strokes

  11

Example sentences

• 地震のあと、人々は驚いて地面の深い穴をじっとのぞきこんだ。

  After the earthquake, people stared into the deep hole in the ground in surprise.

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• 私たちは、深い雪の中を歩くのは困難だとわかった。

  We found it difficult to walk in the deep snow.

  Tatoeba #166731 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 湖の深さはどのくらいですか。

  What is the depth of the lake?

  Tatoeba #174492 · CC BY 2.0 FR