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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
- —下線部underlined part
- —下層土subsoil
- —下付金subsidy
- —下腹部(lower) abdomen; hypogastrium; genitals; private parts
- —下方にbelow
- —急降下sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
- —形而下physical; material
- —月下にin the moonlight
- —再下付reissue; renewal
- —水面下underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
- —制御下under control
- —占領下being under military occupation
- —地下化burying; underground installation (cables, etc.)
- —地下街underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
- —地下茎underground stem
- —天下一unique thing; best on earth
- —鼻下長amorous man; henpecked husband
- —落下傘parachute
- —両陛下their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
- —下意識preconscious (psychoanalysis)