With a long vertical line below a horizontal one, with another downward-slanting line added for good measure, this kanji means below.
Vocabulary
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| ⭐ | 下 | した | below; down |
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彼は荷物を下に置いた。 He put the luggage down.🔗 ベッドの下に猫がいる。 There is a cat under the bed.🔗 |
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| ⭐ | 下げる | さげる | to lower; to reduce; to hang (something up) |
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音量を下げてください。 Turn down the volume, please.🔗 トムはウインドウを下げた。 Tom rolled down the window.🔗 値段を下げるべきだと思います。 I think we should reduce the price.🔗 |
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| ⭐ | 下がる | さがる | to come down; to go down; to drop; to dangle |
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物価が下がった。 The prices have gone down.🔗 気温が急に下がった。 The temperature has suddenly dropped.🔗 |
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| ⭐ | 下さる | くださる | to give; to oblige |
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本を下さい。 Please give me a book.🔗 すぐに来て下さい。 Please come right away.🔗 |
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| ⭐ | 下りる | おりる | to descend (e.g. a mountain); to disembark; to give up |
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幕が下りた。 The curtain fell.🔗 彼女は屋根から下りた。 She climbed down from the roof.🔗 |
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| ⭐ | 下り | くだり | down-train (going away from Tokyo); down-slope, downward-going |
| ⭐ | 上下 | じょうげ | top and bottom, high and low, up and down |
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彼は首を上下に振った。 He shook his head up and down.🔗 バスは上下に激しく揺れた。 The bus rocked heavily up and down.🔗 |
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| 下見 | したみ | preview, preliminary inspection; preparation, rehearsal | |
| 下流 | かりゅう | downstream | |
| 下降 | かこう | downward, descent | |
| 落下 | らっか | fall, drop | |
| 下水 | げすい | drainage, ditch, gutter; sewage | |
| 下車 | げしゃ | alighting (from train, bus, etc.) | |
| 下 | しも | lower reaches (of a river); lower part | |
| 川下 | かわしも | downstream | |
| 下 | もと | under (esp. unfluence or guidance) | |
| 足下 | あしもと | at one's feet, underfoot; gait, pace, step | |
| 下る | くだる | to descend; to be handed down; to pass (of time); to surrender | |
| 下す | くだす | to make (a descision); to let go down, to lower; to do oneself | |
| 下ろす | おろす | to take down (e.g. flag), to launch (e.g. boat), to unload; to drop off (a passenger); to withdraw money; to wear (clothing) for the first time | |
| 書き下ろす | かきおろす | to write a play, book, filmscript, etc. | |
| 下手 | へた | unskilled, poor | |