N31664/1669

下しも

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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しも

Meanings

  • lower reaches (of a river)
  • bottom, lower part
  • lower half (of the body, esp. the privates), feces (faeces), urine, menses
  • end, far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan)
  • dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)

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Example sentences

この川かわの下しもには魚さかながたくさんいる。

There are many fish in the lower reaches of this river.

下しもの話はなしはあまり好すきじゃない。

I don't really like dirty jokes.

祖父そふは下しもの世話せわが必要ひつようになってきた。

My grandfather has come to need help with his bodily functions.

その芸人げいにんは下しものネタばかり使つかうので有名ゆうめいだ。

That comedian is famous for only using dirty material.

川かわの下しもに向むかって流ながれる水みずの勢いきおいは、上流じょうりゅうとは比くらべものにならないほど強つよい。

The force of the water flowing toward the lower reaches of the river is incomparably stronger than that of the upper stream.

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

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節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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文ぶん

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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