Word · 単語
下す
Reading くだす
to make a decision
- 1 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion
- 2 to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order
- 3 to let go down, to lower
- 4 to do oneself, to do by oneself
- 5 to beat, to defeat
- 6 to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea
- 7 to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body
- 8 to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping — after -masu stem of verb
N3
JLPT
—
strokes
#3829
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
判決は明日下される。
Judgement will be given tomorrow.
sense 1 · to make a decision
手の下しようが無い。
There's nothing to be done about it.
sense 4 · to do oneself
要点を絞って、決定を下しましょう。
Let's get down to brass tacks and make a decision.
sense 1 · to make a decision
彼は殺人罪の評決を下された。
He was convicted of murder.
sense 1 · to make a decision
彼がその最終決定を下した。
He made the ultimate decision.
sense 1 · to make a decision