降

Rare term

catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)

to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat)

Esp. 降ろす

to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to discharge

to withdraw (money)

to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

to cut off; to fillet (fish); to grate (e.g. radish); to prune (branches)

Esp. 降ろす

to remove (someone from a position); to oust; to drop

to clear (the table); to remove (offerings from an altar); to pass down (e.g. old clothes); to hand down

to expel from the body (e.g. worms); to abort (a fetus)

to invoke (a spirit); to call down

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

on and after; from ... onward; since

Transitive verb

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion

Transitive verb

to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order

Transitive verb

to let go down; to lower

Transitive verb

to do oneself; to do by oneself

Transitive verb

to beat; to defeat

Transitive verb

to have loose bowels; to have diarrhea

Transitive verb

to pass (in stool); to discharge from the body

Suffix; After -masu stem of verb

to do in one go; to do to the end without stopping

to sit down

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)

to run down (stairs, etc.)

surrender

sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop

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

entrance; hatch(way)

descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

to drag down; to pull down

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

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

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

ascending and descending; going up and down

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

elevator; lift

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