下

to leave the government service

Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum); night-blooming cereus; queen of the night

to cut downward; to slash downward

to flow down; to run down

licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate

Personal seal of Oda Nobunaga from 1567 onward

unify the nation by force; spread military force under the heavens

to draw (original illustrations, artwork, etc.); to draw specially (for)

decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining

Medicine

subarachnoid hemorrhage; subarachnoid haemorrhage; SAH

(of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state

Idiomatic expression

to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple

to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down; to cut shorter

to round down (e.g. fraction)

long johns; long underpants; long underwear

raising and lowering

loading and unloading (cargo)

Colloquial

praising and criticizing

Idiomatic expression

to lower the bar

underground resources

subway; metro; underground railway

lower animals

to pass judgment (judgement); to make a decision

of low character; of mean character

lower eyelid

substructure

the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country

to dump (a load of something)

to throw from a height; to throw downwards