下

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)

Derogatory

unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

lower lip

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

boarding; lodging; board and lodging; room and board

boarding house; lodging house; lodgings

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

lowering; sinking; bringing down; letting down

depreciation; price fall

punch line (of a rakugo story)

Abbreviation; Archaic

sword strap

first name; given name

lower part; foot; lower direction

left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)

Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

shoe rack (at an entrance); shoe cupboard; shoe cubby

lower layer; layer beneath

lower strata (classes)

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

down-slope; downward going

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

downbound (esp. away from Tokyo)

Noun, used as a prefix

downstream; downhill

Usu. 〜た/て; 卑 is ateji

to become vulgar; to coarsen

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

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance

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

preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes)

siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard

inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class

to be squashed by; to be pinned under

geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal

Printing; Printed as 〓, resembling the teeth of a geta

turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

Go (game); Esp. ゲタ

net; geta

preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork

lower part; substructure

subordinate (office); good and faithful servant

student in a lower grade; underclassman

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

the world; the earth

Buddhism

this world (as opposed to heaven)

subordinate work; assistant

domestic duties; servant; maid; houseboy

abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts