下

Poetical term; Rare term

flower bud

Rare term

to wear (new footwear) for the first time

Rare term

low-class language; vulgar words

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

Common noun

the whole world

Common noun

the whole country

Common noun

society; the public

Common noun

supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power

Common noun

having one's own way; doing as one pleases

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous

Archaic; Common noun

shogun (Edo period)

lowering; sinking; bringing down; letting down

depreciation; price fall

punch line (of a rakugo story)

Abbreviation; Archaic

sword strap

downwards direction; downstream

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; boor

Archaic

lowly person; person of humble rank; peasant; churl

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun; Usu. 〜に

without a doubt; completely

Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

something out of the question; something outrageous; something that can't be brought up

Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

being utterly inferior; being helpless

Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

misery; wretchedness; a deplorable state

Archaic; Archaic/formal form of na-adjective; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

to an extreme degree; to a terrible extent

Archaic; Buddhism

discarding; abandoning

ほうか only

variety of street performance from the Middle Ages

ほうげ only

casting off one's attachments (in Zen)

Archaic

bottom of the sleeve

height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)

secret; secret bribe

province of the lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

Archaic; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

leaving for the provinces

before the Emperor; in front of the Emperor

Humble

I; me

(house with a) gabled roof

Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica)

subordinate of a hired thief-taker (Edo period)

sunken hearth; sunken fireplace

garment worn under the hanpi undergarment or hō robe in court ceremonial dress

being romantically involved with someone of lower class (oft. of a woman)

cheap, low-quality article

conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers; rulers apprehending the views of those they govern