Translation guide
Describes something that has no bottom, is extremely deep, or seems limitless. In Japanese, the translation depends on whether you mean a physical object without a bottom, a deep abyss, or an unlimited supply.
It's useless to try to draw water with a bottomless bucket.
A noun or na-adjective meaning 'bottomless'. Often used in compounds like 底なし沼 (bottomless swamp) or figuratively.
底なし沼に落ちた。
I fell into a bottomless swamp.
Describing a chasm, ocean, or space that appears to have no end, often used figuratively.
Means 'abyss' or 'deep chasm'. Conveys a sense of bottomless depth, often in literary or dramatic contexts.
彼の心には深淵があった。
There was a bottomless abyss in his heart.
An adverb meaning 'unfathomably' or 'bottomlessly'. Often used with 深い (deep) or in expressions like 底知れぬ深さ.
An adjective meaning 'unfathomable' or 'bottomless'. Used for both physical depth and abstract things like potential or darkness.
Describing something that seems to have no end, such as bottomless energy, appetite, or resources.
Means 'never runs out' or 'inexhaustible'. A natural way to say something is bottomless in supply.
彼の好奇心は尽きることがない。
His curiosity is bottomless.
この泉の水は尽きることがない。
The water from this spring is bottomless.
A noun or na-adjective meaning 'inexhaustible supply' or 'bottomless'. Often used for resources, energy, or wealth.
Attributive form of 底なし, meaning 'bottomless'. Can be used figuratively for appetite, desire, etc.
彼は底なしの食欲だ。
He has a bottomless appetite.
Referring to a drink that can be refilled indefinitely, like bottomless coffee at a restaurant.
Means 'free refills'. The standard way to express bottomless drinks in restaurants.
コーヒーはおかわり自由です。
Coffee is bottomless.
Means 'all-you-can-drink'. Used for bottomless drinks in a set time period, often at bars or parties.
この店は飲み放題がある。
This place has bottomless drinks.
Be careful with 底がない. It is very literal and may sound odd for abstract concepts like 'bottomless potential'. Use 底知れない or 尽きることがない instead.
おかわり自由 implies free refills of the same drink, often with a meal. 飲み放題 is a time-limited all-you-can-drink plan, usually including alcohol.
底知れず深い海。
A bottomlessly deep sea.
His talent is bottomless.
無尽蔵のエネルギー源。
A bottomless source of energy.