下

of low character; of mean character

excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class)

(in) three volumes (a literary work)

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

Idiomatic expression

with humility (esp. of women in relation to their partner); humbly; three steps behind

dive bombing

the whole nation; all the people in the land

loading and unloading

please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)

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)

wind blowing snow down a mountain

removing snow from the roof of a house

the present

using a new brush for the first time

doing something for the first time

man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)

your honor (honour); his (or her) honor (honour)

basement floor; underground floor

work tabi; split-toed heavy cloth shoes with rubber soles

laxative; purgative; evacuant

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

loose bowels; diarrhea; diarrhoea

going west; leaving for the west

very unskillful; extremely awkward

to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)

the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

underground activity; underground activities; underground movement

filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)

to withdraw money; to take money out