N2577/1725

下か降こう

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verb

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かこう

Meanings

descent, fall, drop, decline, downturn, subsidence

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Example sentences

気温きおんが急きゅうに下降かこうした。

The temperature suddenly dropped.

飛行機ひこうきは滑走路かっそうろに向むけてゆっくりと下降かこうしている。

The airplane is slowly descending toward the runway.

景気けいきの下降かこうが続つづき、多おおくの企業きぎょうが赤字あかじに陥おちいった。

With the continued economic downturn, many companies fell into deficit.

このグラフは売上うりあげが下降かこうしていることを示しめしている。

This graph shows that sales are declining.

人口じんこうの下降かこう傾向けいこうは、今後こんごも続つづくと専門家せんもんかは予測よそくしている。

Experts predict that the declining trend in population will continue in the future.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)