下

Common noun

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)

Common noun

bottom

Common noun

beneath; underneath

Common noun; As 下から, 下より, etc.

just after; right after

Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)

Common noun

trade-in

Noun, used as a prefix

preliminary; preparatory

Oft. as ...の下に or ...の下で

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.)

under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath

As ...の下に

with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); in (e.g. the name of ...)

Usu. written as 元

(someone's) side; (someone's) location

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

Common noun

lower reaches (of a river)

Common noun

bottom; lower part

Common noun

lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses

Common noun

end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan)

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)

In the Kyoto address system

below; south of

lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority

second volume (of two); third volume (of three)

Irregular imperative of くださる

please (give me)

After te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-

please (do for me)

Godan verb - -aru special class

to give; to confer; to bestow

Godan verb - -aru special class

to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower

to hang; to dangle

to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire

to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded

to get closer to the present day

to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)

to lower; to reduce; to bring down

to demote; to move back; to pull back

to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)

Hanafuda

to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards

unskillful; poor; awkward

imprudent; untactful

to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat)

Esp. 降ろす

to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to discharge

to withdraw (money)

to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

to cut off; to fillet (fish); to grate (e.g. radish); to prune (branches)

Esp. 降ろす

to remove (someone from a position); to oust; to drop

to clear (the table); to remove (offerings from an altar); to pass down (e.g. old clothes); to hand down

to expel from the body (e.g. worms); to abort (a fetus)

to invoke (a spirit); to call down

to descend; to go down; to come down

to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)

to pass (of time)

to surrender; to capitulate

Often in neg. form

to be less than; to be inferior to

Also written as 瀉る

to have the runs; to have diarrhea

to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body

Archaic

to depreciate oneself; to be humble

Transitive verb

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion

Transitive verb

to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order

Transitive verb

to let go down; to lower

Transitive verb

to do oneself; to do by oneself

Transitive verb

to beat; to defeat

Transitive verb

to have loose bowels; to have diarrhea

Transitive verb

to pass (in stool); to discharge from the body

Suffix; After -masu stem of verb

to do in one go; to do to the end without stopping

underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie

lower half of the body; nether parts

down; below; downward

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school

secret intention; ulterior motive

kanji "heart" radical at bottom

abdomen

Common noun

underling; person of low standing; grunt

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly; humble

manservant