降

lowering of pressure (e.g. blood pressure, voltage)

to drag down; to pull down

to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst

to happen suddenly; to occur unexpectedly; to appear out of the blue

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play)

to come to an end; to finish

Idiomatic expression

to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind

to slide down; to slip down

to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone

going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent

Noun or verb acting prenominally

rainy

suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)

getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting

to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede

to fall from heaven (the sky)

unconditional surrender

to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost

chance of precipitation; chance of rain

jumping off

to stop raining or snowing

Proverb

adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger; the ground hardens after it rains

unloading (of cargo); discharge

Idiomatic expression

things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; the wholesaler won't sell it like that

Shinto

invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor

Shinto

medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)

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