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下 kanji
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
カゲ
Kun readings
したしももとさげるさがるくだるくだりくだす-くだすくださるおろすおりる
Variant forms
丅Words with 下
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —落下傘部隊paratroops
- —直下型地震near-field earthquake; local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area
- —下位範疇化subcategorization; subcategorisation
- —営団地下鉄Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway; Eidan subway
- —急降下爆撃dive bombing
- —コンマ以下after the decimal point; below the decimal; of no account; beneath one's notice
- —下位バイトleast significant byte
- —天下の台所The Nonpareil Kitchen (nickname for Osaka); The Kitchen of the Nation
- —くも膜下腔subarachnoid space
- —音声下言語subvocal speech
- —落下傘候補party appointee in a safe constituency; parachute candidate
- —上円下方墳burial mound with square flat base and round top
- —鎖骨下動脈subclavian artery
- —血糖降下剤hypoglycemic drug; hypoglycaemic drug
- —ロリス下目Lorisiformes; infraorder containing lorises and galagos
- —地下に潜るto go underground; to go into hiding
- —腹心の部下henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle
- —天下の宝刀one's last resort; trump card
- —硬膜下血腫subdural hematoma; subdural hemorrhage; subdural haemorrhage
- —被圧地下水confined groundwater; artesian groundwater