Moto 下: Below; Down; DescendKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カ、ゲ
- Kun'yomi
- 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)
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 1,295 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カ・ゲ)
- 下車げしゃalighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off
- 下院かいんlower house; lower legislative chamber
- 低下ていかfall; decline
- 地下ちかbasement; cellar
- 以下いかnot exceeding; and downward
- 殿下でんかyour Highness; his Highness
- 陛下へいかYour Majesty; His Majesty
- 上下じょうげtop and bottom; high and low
- 下旬げじゅんlast third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
- 下落げらくdepreciation; decline
- 地下鉄ちかてつunderground train; subway
- 下位かいlow rank; lower position
- 下方かほうlower region; lower part
- 下水道げすいどうsewer; sewer system
- 傘下さんかaffiliated with; under jurisdiction of
- 部下ぶかsubordinate person
- 廊下ろうかcorridor; hallway
- 下部かぶlower part; substructure
- 天下てんかthe whole world
- 投下とうかthrowing down; dropping
- 下流かりゅうdownstream; lower reaches of a river
- 下降かこうdescent; fall
- 地下水ちかすいunderground water
- 下半身かはんしんlower half of the body
- 下痢げりdiarrhea; diarrhoea
- 直下ちょっかdirectly under
- 下限かげんlower limit
- 下宿げしゅくboarding; lodging
- 下水げすいdrainage; ditch
- 落下らっかfall; drop
- 最下さいかthe lowest; the worst
- 沈下ちんかsinking; subsidence
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 引き下げひきさげreduction; cut
- 利下げりさげdecrease in interest rates
- 値下げねさげcut in price
- 下もとunder (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.)
- 下げるさげるto hang; to suspend
- 下りくだりdown-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route
- 下町したまちlow-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
- 天下りあまくだりretiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
- 下期しもきsecond half of the (fiscal) year
- 下着したぎunderwear
- 目下めしたsubordinate; subordinates
- 下さいくださいplease (give me)
- 下請けしたうけsubcontract
- 下敷きしたじきdesk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper
- 幕下まくしたthird highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division
- 引き下げるひきさげるto pull down; to lower
- 下るくだるto descend; to go down
- 下地したじgroundwork; foundation
- 年下とししたyounger; junior
- 床下ゆかしたunder the floor
- 下さるくださるto give; to confer
- 下手投げしたてなげunderhand throw
- 値下がりねさがりprice decline; fall in price
- 切り下げきりさげdevaluation (e.g. of currency); markdown
- 取り下げとりさげwithdrawal
Other readings
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