下心

したごころ

[shitagokoro]

Meanings

1.Noun

secret intention; ulterior motive

2.Noun

kanji "heart" radical at bottom

彼には何か下心があるように見える。

He seems to have some kind of ulterior motive.

下心なしで純粋に手伝ってあげたのに。

I purely helped without any ulterior motives though.

彼女の親切には下心があったのか。

Did her kindness have an ulterior motive?