底をつく – Vocabulary details

底そこをつく

Expression

Verb (5-dan, く)

1. to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted

2. to hit the bottom; to bottom out

bottom

bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

兵へい士しの食しょく料りょうが底そこをつきかけている。

The soldiers' food supply is running out.

インド滞たい在ざい中ちゅうにお金かねが底そこをついた。

I ran out of money during my stay in India.

探たん検けん隊たいの供きょう給きゅう物ぶっ質しつはやがて底そこをついた。

The expedition's supplies soon gave out.

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