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降
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.)
Common noun
rainfall; rainy weather; rain
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
rainy; wet
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting
light rain; drizzle
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition
Orig. meaning
descent from heaven
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)
marbling (of beef)
Abbreviation
(of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water
Orig. meaning
formation of frost
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
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
sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells); precipitation; settling
subsidence (e.g. of land); sinking; submerging
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)
Idiomatic expression
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple
raising and lowering
loading and unloading (cargo)
Colloquial
praising and criticizing