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Reaching up to the knees. / Submerged to the knees. / (figuratively, by extension) Deeply involved in something, or preoccupied with something.

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knee-deep

Source Word

knee-deep

not-comparable broadly figuratively

Japanese Meaning

膝まで浸かっている、または膝まで達する状態 / （比喩的に）何かに深く関与している、または没頭している状態

After the heavy rain, she waded through knee-deep water to reach her house.

大雨の後、彼女は家に着くために膝まである水の中を歩いた。

Sense（1）

Reaching up to the knees.

Sense（2）

Submerged to the knees.

This gave me a hint, and I went knee-deep, and sometimes neck-deep, in the Red Weed. The density of the weed gave me a reassuring sense of hiding.

Sense（3）

(figuratively, by extension) Deeply involved in something, or preoccupied with something.