下

underline; underscore

enquiring beforehand; inquiring beforehand

lower leaves

Hades; the hereafter

place by the lamp; area under the lamp

being pendent; hanging down

preparatory reading; preparation (for a lesson); reading through (e.g. a script); rehearsal (of a play)

second half of the year; second half of the fiscal year

Colloquial; From げそく

squid tentacles

downtown style

Medicine

bloody bowel discharge

subordinates; petty officials

deworming medicine; anthelmintic

Anatomy

mandible; lower jawbone

round-faced

bulging at the bottom; swelling toward the bottom

person of low rank or position

Food, cooking

parboiling; preparatory boiling

poor talker

Abbreviation; Food, cooking

sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)

subcontractor

underground shopping arcade connected to a station

letter of divorce

top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

upside-down

nowadays