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Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; boor

Archaic

lowly person; person of humble rank; peasant; churl

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

diarrhea; diarrhoea

depreciation; decline; fall; slump

manservant

grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

servant; valet; menial

below

Military

non-commissioned officer; petty officer

lower jaw; mandible

alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)

draft; rough copy

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

subcontract

subcontractor (person or company)

undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree

Anatomy

lower limbs; legs

Noun, used as a suffix

dropping; unloading; removing

grated vegetables, fruit, etc.

Abbreviation

grater

using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

underside

text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.

command; order

pointing down; pointing downward

(market) decline; downturn; downward trend

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

coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance)

musicians' box on the left side of the stage

lower seat

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

poor plan

fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward)

Sumo

string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt

Usu. as お下がり

food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs

leaving (one's master's place for home)

Noun, used as a suffix

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