Word · 単語
下る
Reading くだる
to descend
- 1 to descend, to go down, to come down
- 2 to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
- 3 to pass (of time)
- 4 to surrender, to capitulate
- 5 to be less than, to be inferior to — often in neg. form
- 6 to have the runs, to have diarrhea — also written as 瀉る
- 7 to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body
- 8 to depreciate oneself, to be humble
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例文 · examples
その坂道を下ろう。
Let's descend the slope.
sense 1 · to descend
彼女に有罪の判決が下った。
She was found guilty.
sense 2 · to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
その小道は下って行く。
The track descends.
sense 1 · to descend
スキーでシャモニーまで下った。
We skied down to Chamonix.
sense 1 · to descend
船は水路を下った。
The ship sailed down the channel.
sense 1 · to descend