奈落

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 奈落 is read ならく and means an abyss or hell, also used figuratively for profound despair.
• Basic usage: It is used for a character's despair after a betrayal or a scene of hell in a painted scroll.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Passive wording in the metaphor
  • 絶望の奈落へ突き落とされた means being plunged into an abyss of despair. The passive 突き落とされた adds the sense of an outside event or force bringing about that state.