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下る
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 下る.
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Entry
1
to descend; to go down; to come down
Examples
山を下ったところに学校がある。
There is a school down the mountain.
2
to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
Examples
彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。
He was given ten years and his wife three.
3
to pass (of time)
4
to surrender; to capitulate
5
Often in neg. form
to be less than; to be inferior to
6
Also written as 瀉る
to have the runs; to have diarrhea
7
to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body
8
Archaic
to depreciate oneself; to be humble
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