Kanji: 下

    • Meaning : below,down,descend,give,low,inferior
    • ON reading : カ,ゲ
    • KUN reading : 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
    • Nanori : さか,しと
    • Stroke count : 3
    • Frequency of use ranking : 97
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • げ - おさげ - wearing one's hair in braids
  • わざれどもす - とうりものいわざれどもしたおのずからみちをなす - Good wine speaks for itself
  • さい | さい | ごください | ください - ごらんください - please look at it
  • げ - さげ - tag/label
  • ぶらがる - ぶらさがる - to hang from/to dangle/to swing
  • - へたのながだんぎ - Brevity is the soul of wit
  • - いたごいちまいしたはじごく - The sea and the gallows refuse none
  • し - こいにじょうげのさべつなし - Love makes men equal
  • ぶらげる - ぶらさげる - to hang/to suspend/to dangle/to swing
  • むにたり - へたのかんがえやすむににたり - Mickle fails that fools thinks
  • - かべしたじ - framework (for a mud-plastered wall)
  • - ひげじまん - Too much humility is pride
  • ない - やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいない - Good luck does not always repeat itself
  • がる - ねさがる - to decline in price/to fall in price
  • むにたり - へたなかんがえやすむににたり - take a rest rather than useless thinking
  • - わりした - stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki)
  • さい | さい | おかけさい - おかけください - please sit down/please have a seat
  • - ぎかいかいん - lower house (parliament, congress, diet)
  • す - てをくだす - to carry out/to start work (on)
  • - ふとくていかいさんしょう - non-specific subordinate reference
  • - じょうげげん - bounds
  • げ - じさげ - indentation
  • - しょうすうてんいかのけたすう - number of decimal places
  • - じょうげれつ - chain
  • がり - ひかりたちさがりじかん - optical fall time
  • - ひだりしたすみ - bottom left corner
  • ビット - さいかいビット - least significant bit/LSB
  • けたあふれ - かいけたあふれ - underflow
  • - かいご - narrower term
  • - かいぶぶんもく - subordinate subtree
  • キー - したやじるしキー - down arrow key
  • - みぎしたすみ - bottom right corner
  • りリンク - くだりリンク - reverse link
  • ダイアログ - かいダイアログ - subordinate dialogue
  • - かいそう - lower level
  • - したつきもじ - subscript
  • つき - したつき - subscript
  • グループ - かいグループ - descendant
  • - かいしけんしゅだん - lower tester
  • - かたんぶのよはく - bottom margin
  • こきろす | ろす | ろす - こきおろす - to denounce/to disparage/to lambast/to abuse
  • - あんか - under the table/word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter
  • のような - いかのような - the following kind(s) of
  • り - いかのとおり - as below/as follows
  • | - いか | いげ - not exceeding/and downward/... and below | below (e.g. standard)/under (e.g. a level) | the below-mentioned/the following/the rest
  • - いかすい - gastroptosis
  • けたあふれ - かいけたあふれひょうじ - underflow indication
  • - かいさんしょう - subordinate reference
  • - したむきやじる - down arrow
  • - いちまいした - one step lower
  • - みぎした - right-lower
  • がる | がる - ひきさがる - to withdraw/to leave
  • す | す - のみくだす - to swallow/to gulp down
  • ろす | ろす - ひきおろす - to haul down/to drag down
  • げ - ひきさげ - reduction/cut
  • - えんのした - under the floor/out of sight/in background
  • - えんてんか - under blazing sun
  • がる | る - さがる - to hang down/to abate/to retire/to fall/to step back
  • - さげそうば - bearish market
  • - さげがみ - pigtail/ponytail/hair (hanging down the back)
  • さる - くださる - to give/to confer
  • す | す - くだす - to make (a decision)/to pass (judgement, etc.)/to hand down (orders, etc.) | to let go down/to lower | to do oneself/to do by oneself
  • らない - くだらない - good-for-nothing/stupid/trivial/worthless
  • - おりば - dismounting place
  • - くだりれっしゃ - trains going away from the capital/down train
  • - かい - low rank/subordinate/lower order (e.g. byte)/low-end
  • - かいんぎ - lower house (of Parliament, etc.)
  • - しもやしき - villa/daimyo's suburban residence
  • り - したまわり - subordinate part/menial service/subordinate/utility man
  • - かがく | したあご - lower jaw
  • - しもき - second half of the fiscal year
  • - かきゅうしょく - subordinate post
  • - したがね - basic metal (in an art object)/old metal
  • - げけつ - bloody bowel discharge
  • - したみいた - siding (on a house)/clapboard/weatherboard
  • - げこ - someone who can't drink/non-drinker/temperate man
  • - げこう - coming home from school/end of school day
  • - げこく - leaving for the provinces
  • - げざい - laxative
  • - げざん | げさん - descending (mountain)
  • - かし - noncommissioned officer
  • - かし - the legs/lower extremities
  • り - したどり - trade in/part exchange
  • き | へたのき - へたのよこずき - being crazy about something but being very bad at it
  • くそ | - へたくそ | ヘタクソ - extreme clumsiness/severe lack of skill at a task | You're hopeless!/Give it up!
  • 宿 - げしゅく - boarding/lodging/boarding house
  • - げじゅん - month (last third of)
  • き - したがき - rough copy/draft/draught
  • - げじょう - dismounting
  • - したごころ - secret intention/ulterior motive | kanji "heart" radical at bottom
  • - したず - rough sketch
  • - げすいこう - drainage ditch/canal
  • - げしょう - person of humble birth
  • - したうけおい - subcontract
  • - かせんぶ - underlined part
  • - かそうかいきゅう - proletariat/lower classes
  • - したくさ - undergrowth/weeds beneath a tree
  • - げそくりょう - footwear-checking charge
  • け - げたがけ - wearing wooden clogs
  • き - げたばき - wearing wooden clogs
  • - かたん - lower end | bottom edge
  • - したぎ - underwear
  • 調べ - したしらべ - preliminary investigation/preparation
  • り - したぬり - undercoat/first coating
  • - かとうどうぶつ - lower animals
  • し - したならし - training
  • - げばひょう - rumor/rumour/gossip/speculation/irresponsible criticism/hearsay
  • る - げびる - to become vulgar/to coarsen
  • - かひょうさんしょう - (see the) following table(s)
  • - かふきん - subsidy
  • - かふう - subordinate position/lower position
  • - かぶつ - drinking feast
  • れ - したばなれ - (stock market) slump
  • - おうか - forcing down
  • れ - しもぶくれ - round-faced/large at bottom
  • - しため - downward glance/contemptuous look
  • - げやく - laxative
  • き - したばき - outdoor shoes/underpants
  • - かりゅうしゃかい - lower classes
  • げる - さげる - to hang/to lower/to move back/to wear/to dismiss/to grant
  • - げろう - servant/valet/menial
  • - かかん - looking down on/getting a bird's-eye view
  • - さげあし - downward trend
  • がり - さがりまつ - drooping pine
  • - さげまく - drop curtain
  • り - さげふり - plummet/plumb bob
  • し - くだし - evacuation/purgation
  • す - さげわたす - to make a (government) grant/to release (a criminal)
  • - したっぱ - underling/lower position
  • さい - ください - please give me | (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-) please do for me
  • り - くだり - down-train (going away from Tokyo) | down-slope/downward going
  • - くだしぐすり - laxative
  • - おりもの - afterbirth | menstruation | vaginal discharge
  • - しものく - the last part of a poem or Bible verse
  • り - おりのぼり - going up and down
  • つ | つ - おりたつ - to go down and stand | to alight/to get down
  • - した - below/down/under | bottom | beneath/underneath | just after/right after | inferiority/one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)/younger (e.g. of siblings) | trade-in | preliminary/preparatory
  • - さげふだ - tag/label
  • - さげしお - ebb tide
  • - さげよく - wing flap
  • - おろしだいこん - grated radish
  • - したっぱら - abdomen/stomach/under parts
  • - くだりざか - descent/downhill/decline/waning
  • がり | - さがりめ - eyes slanting downward/decline
  • ろし - おろし - grating/grater/grated radish
  • - かい - the feelings of the people
  • - かいんぎちょう - Speaker of the House (US, etc.)
  • - したび - burning low/waning/declining
  • - げかい - this world/the earth/hades/the nether world | lower bound
  • り - したがり - weeding
  • - かきゃく - legs/lower limbs
  • - かきゅうせい - underclassmen
  • - したげいこ - rehearsal/preparation
  • - したけんぶん - preliminary examination
  • - かげんのつき - waning moon
  • - げこう - leaving the capital
  • - かこう - downward/descent/fall/drop/subsidence
  • - げざ - squatting/musicians' box on the left side of the stage
  • - げはん - proceeding from Tokyo to Osaka
  • ばる | ばる - げすばる - to be churlish/to be crude/to be boorish/to be vulgar
  • - かしかんへい - enlisted man
  • - したば - lower teeth
  • - しもて - lower part/foot/lower direction | left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV)/stage right (actor's POV)
  • げ - したてなげ - (baseball) an underhand throw/(sumo) an underarm throw
  • - げすおんな - woman of low rank/term of degradation for a woman
  • 宿 - げしゅくにん - lodger/roomer
  • | - さげお - cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi/sword strap/sword knot
  • - げじょげなん - servants
  • - かじょう - condition of the common people
  • - げにん - low-rank person/menial
  • - げすい - drainage/ditch/gutter/sewerage | sewage/black water
  • - げすいいた - wooden sewer covers
  • - したうけぎょうしゃ - subcontractor
  • み - したづみ - lowest social strata/goods piled beneath
  • - げそう - low-rank priest
  • - かそうど - subsoil
  • - げそく - footgear/footwear
  • ける - げたをあずける - to leave everything to (someone)
  • - げたばこ - shoe rack (in genkan)/cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
  • - しもだいどころ - servants' kitchen
  • - したね - lowest price
  • - したまちふう - downtown style
  • 殿 - げでん - leaving the palace
  • - かとう - inferior/base/vulgar/low grade/lower class
  • - したみち - down-town/the lower town | minor road
  • - げば - dismounting
  • - かばん - going off duty
  • - したひも - undersash/belt
  • - げひん - vulgarity/meanness/indecency/coarseness
  • - かぶ - substructure/lower part | subordinate (office)/good and faithful servant
  • | | - くだりばら - diarrhoea/diarrhea/loose bowels
  • き - したぎき - enquiring beforehand/inquiring beforehand
  • に - かほうに - below
  • - かめい - undermentioned/undersigned
  • - げや - retirement from public office
  • - げらく - depreciation/decline/fall/slump
  • - げりゃく - the rest omitted (in quotes)
  • - げれつ - base/mean/vulgar
  • ごしらえ | え - したごしらえ - preliminary arrangements/preparation/spadework/pre-cooking
  • - したもえ - sprouts/shoots
  • - けしょうした - make-up base
  • る | る - くだる - to descend/to go down/to come down | to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) | to pass (of time) | to surrender/to capitulate | (often in neg. form) to be less than/to be inferior to | to have the runs/to have diarrhea
  • - かいごかんせい - downward compatibility/forward compatibility
  • - かいんぎいん - member of the lower house
  • | - したや | げや | しもや - small attached annex/lean-to
  • る - したまわる - to be less than/to be lower than/to fall just short of/to be just under
  • かる | る - しもがかる - to talk about indecent things
  • - かき - the following
  • - かきゅうしん - lower court
  • - げく - the last part of a poem or Bible verse
  • - したけんさ - preliminary inspection
  • - かげん - (moon's) last quarter
  • - げぎょ - dismounting
  • - かこう - descending
  • - げごく - being sent to prison
  • - しもさか - downhill/decline/waning
  • - したしごと - spade work/subcontract
  • - かしかん - non-commissioned officer
  • - かし - grant/bestowal/giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
  • - したて | したで - humble position/inferior | underarm grip on opponent's belt (sumo)
  • - げしゅにん - offender/criminal
  • - げすこんじょう - mean feelings
  • 宿 - げしゅくや - lodging house
  • - したじゅんび - preliminary arrangements/spade work
  • - げじょ - maid servant
  • - げじょう - withdrawing from the castle
  • - かしん - low-rank retainer
  • - かすい - drooping/hanging down
  • - げすいどう - drain/sewer/drainage system
  • え - したばえ - underbrush/undergrowth
  • - したいし - nether millstone
  • - げせん - going ashore
  • - かそうしゃかい - the underworld/lower ranks of society
  • - したがわ - underside
  • - げた - geta (Japanese footwear)/wooden clogs
  • し - げたなおし - repairing clogs/clog repairer
  • - したおび - loincloth/waist cloth
  • - げなん - manservant
  • - したまち - Shitamachi/lower parts of town
  • り - したぞり - barber's apprentice
  • - しもゆ - sitz bath
  • き - したばたらき - subordinate work/assistant/servant
  • - げねつ - lowering fever
  • - かはん - lower half
  • - しもごえ - manure/night soil
  • - かひん - inferior article
  • き | - したじき - desk pad/mat | something lying underneath/pinned under/crushed beneath
  • - かふく | したはら | したばら - abdomen/stomach/lower parts/under parts
  • - かぶん - enquiring beforehand/inquiring beforehand
  • - かほう - lower region/lower part
  • - げぼく - manservant
  • - かもん - enquiry/inquiry/consultation
  • - しもざま - lower classes/common people
  • - げり - diarrhoea/diarrhea
  • - かりょう - subordinates/petty officials
  • - かひ - servant girl
  • - したまぶた - lower eyelid
  • ろし - おろしぐすり - an abortive
  • - かいん - lower house/lower (legislative) body
  • す - したおす - to decline (stock market)
  • になる - したびになる - to be under control/to burn down/to decline/to drop/to wane
  • - したえ - rough sketch/cartoon/design
  • - げかん - last volume (in set)
  • - かきゅう - lower grade/low class/junior (officer)
  • - したきょうぎ - preliminary conference
  • - したあな - pilot hole/rough hole/prepared hole
  • - したみ - preview/preliminary inspection/siding (on a house)
  • - かげん - lower limit
  • き - したむき - downward look/business decline | top-down
  • - かこうせん - downward curve
  • - しもざ - lower seat/sitting at the foot of the table
  • - げさく - poor plan
  • - しもしはんき - last quarter (of the year)
  • れ - したいといれ - shuttle
  • - げしゃ - alighting (from train, bus, etc.)/getting off
  • - へた - unskillful/poor/awkward | imprudent/untactful
  • - げてもの - low-quality products/strange thing/strange combination
  • り - したしぶり - (stock market) steadiness
  • 宿 - げしゅくりょう - board-and-room charge
  • - げしょ - rough copy/draft/draught
  • - しもじょちゅう - kitchen maid
  • - したしょく - subcontractor
  • - かず - the lower illustration
  • - げすいかん - sewer pipe
  • - げせわ - common saying/common phrase/juicy (story)
  • | - したうけがいしゃ - subcontractor/subcontracting company
  • - かせん - underline/underscore
  • - かそう - lower strata (classes)
  • - したそうだん - preliminary consultation/arrangements
  • - げそくばん - doorman in charge of footwear
  • - げたや - clog shop
  • - げたばん - toe guards on clogs/footwear doorman
  • - かたつ - commanding a subordinate
  • - したじ - groundwork/foundation/inclination/aptitude/elementary knowledge of/grounding in/prearrangement/spadework/signs/symptoms/first coat of plastering/soy
  • れ - しもぶくれ - abdominal swelling/fat face
  • - げでん - worn-out rice land
  • - かとうしょくぶつ - lower plants
  • み - したよみ - rehearsal (of play)/preparatory reading/lesson study
  • - げばさき - dismounting place
  • - げび - vulgar/coarse
  • - かひょう - diagram below
  • - かふ - grant/issue
  • - かぶきかん - subordinate offices or institutions
  • - かふくぶ - abdomen
  • - かほう - (stock market) slump
  • い - したぬい - basting/temporary sewing
  • - かめい - order/command
  • - したやく - underling/subordinate official
  • - かり - lower official
  • - かりゅう - downstream/lower reaches of a river | lower classes
  • - したつゆ - dew under (dripping from) trees
  • - げかん - chancre
  • げ - かくさげ - demotion/downgrading
  • - かっか - your Excellency/his (or her) Excellency
  • - かいか - lower floor/downstairs
  • - わりした - soup
  • がる - かぶがさがる - to fall in public esteem/to fall in value (stocks)
  • - かんげやく - laxative
  • - がんか - under one's eyes/below
  • げる - ねがいさげる - to withdraw a request
  • - きゃっか - rejection/dismissal
  • - きゅうこうか - swoop/nose dive
  • - きゅうてんちょっか - suddenly and precipitately/take a sudden turn
  • ぶらがりインデント - ぶらさがりインデント - hanging indent
  • がったりったり - きんたまがあがったりくだったり - being held in suspense/being on edge
  • - くうていこうかちいき - drop zone
  • りる | りる - かけおりる - to run down
  • - きゅうてんちょっか - falling headlong/plummeting/sudden crash
  • - かんしか - supervised/under surveillance
  • - きゃっかしょうこ - look carefully where your own footsteps fall/seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others/know thyself
  • | - くつした - socks/sock/stockings/stocking
  • げる | げる - くりさげる - to defer/to postpone
  • - くうちゅうとうか - airdrop/air drop
  • げる | げる - ほりさげる - to dig down/to delve into/to get to the bottom of (a matter)/to investigate further
  • ウィンドウ - ウィンドウかげん - lower window edge
  • - けいじか - physical/material
  • - げっかひょうじん - go-between/matchmaker/Cupid
  • - けんか - prefecture
  • に - げっかに - in the moonlight
  • げる - みさげる - to look down over/to look down on
  • す - みくだす - to despise/to look down on
  • ろす - みおろす - to overlook/to command a view of/to look down on something
  • - のきした - under the overhang of a Japanese roof
  • に | のに - のもとに - under the supervision of | underneath | on the basis of
  • る - はんけつがくだる - to be judged/to be sentenced
  • さい | ごください | ください | ごさい - ごめんください - may I come in?
  • る - てんばつがくだる - to receive divine punishment
  • - くちべた - defective speech/slowness of speech/poor talker/tongue-tied person
  • - もんかしょう - Chancellery (Tang-dynasty China)
  • 殿 - こうたいしでんか - the Crown Prince
  • - こうか - fall/descent/(plane) landing/(atmos.) depression
  • - こうごうへいか - her majesty the Empress
  • - ひだりした - lower left
  • - こっか - the present
  • ろす | をおろす - こしをおろす - to sit down
  • - きんじょうへいか - the reigning emperor/His Majesty the Emperor
  • クモ | - クモまくかくう | くもまくかくう - subarachnoid space
  • って | って - くだって - humble conjuction used when referring to oneself in a letter to one's superior | after a time/later
  • - さいかふ - reissue/renewal
  • - さんか - affiliated with/under jurisdiction of/under the umbrella
  • のビット - さいかいのビット - least significant bit/LSB
  • - しもむ - (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp)
  • - みっかてんか | みっかでんか - short-lived rule/being in power only for a brief period/brief championship
  • - やましたこうえん - park in Yokohama
  • | | - みくだりはん - letter of divorce
  • ろし - したておろし - brand new (clothes)
  • - じか - nowadays
  • がる - あたまがさがる - to admire greatly/to salute (in admiration)/to take one's hat off to
  • - ちかいえか | チカイエカ - Culex pipiens molestus (subspecies of house mosquito)
  • - ほざきしもつけ | ホザキシモツケ - Spiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)
  • げる | げる - とりさげる - to withdraw/to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
  • - しものせわ - care for people (patients) with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc.
  • ろす - かきおろす - to write a play, book, filmscript, etc.
  • ろし - うちおろし - low hit (e.g. in baseball or golf) | downhill
  • - じょおうへいか - Her Majesty the Queen
  • - しもつけの - Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica)
  • す - かきくだす - to write down
  • - ゆかした - under the floor
  • ください | ごさい - ごえんりょください - please refrain from ~ (e.g. smoking, etc.)
  • - まつしたでんき - Matsushita Electric Industrial
  • - じょうげ - high and low/up and down/unloading and loading/praising and blaming
  • がりがり - あがりさがり - rise and fall/fluctuation
  • ろし - あげおろし - raising and lowering/loading and unloading
  • - うえした - high and low/up and down/unloading and loading/praising and blaming
  • - じょうげどう - vertical motion (in earthquakes)
  • - まつしたでんこう - Matsushita Electric Works
  • | - しもつけ | シモツケ - Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica)
  • げ - あげさげ - raising and lowering/praising and blaming/modulation
  • - じょうげせん - both (railway) tracks/(both) up and down tracks (lines)
  • - じょうちゅうげ - excellent-good-poor/first-second-third (class)
  • - いちばんした - bottommost/lowest/nadir
  • ズボン - ズボンした - long johns/long underpants/long underwear
  • - じょうかまち - castle town/town around castle
  • り | り - のぼりくだり | のぼりおり - rising and falling/going up and down
  • - じょうげすいどう - water and sewer services
  • - じょうか - land near the castle
  • - かだいじょうみゃく - inferior vena cava
  • - ました - right under/directly below
  • サムエル - サムエルきか - Samuel II (book of the Bible)
  • - れきだいしか - Chronicles II (book of the Bible)
  • がる - たれさがる - to hang/to dangle
  • - しんか - retainer
  • - すいめんか - underwater
  • げる - たれさげる - to hang (a curtain)/to droop (a tail)/to lower (a blind)
  • - すいか - being pendent/hanging down
  • に - せいりょくかに - under the influence of
  • がる - なりさがる - to be degraded/to come down in the world
  • - せいぎょか - under control
  • なし | し - ゆうしょうのもとにじゃくそつなし - there are no cowardly soldiers under a superior general
  • ろす - きりおろす - to slash downward/to cut down
  • げる - きりさげる - to cut down/to prune/to reduce/to cut and hang down/to cut shorter | to round down (e.g. fraction)
  • - くだしぶみ - edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document
  • - れつおうきか - Kings II (book of the Bible)
  • - せんりょうか - occupied (by an army)
  • ろす - つみおろす - to unload
  • - かわしも - downstream
  • がり - まえさがり - front part low
  • ホルモン - のうかすいたいぜんようホルモン - adenohypophyseal hormone
  • | - みずかみしも - light blue samurai costume commonly worn when committing suicide
  • - かすいたい - pituitary gland/pituitary body
  • ホルモン - のうかすいたいこうようホルモン - neurohypophyseal hormone
  • - かたいこつ - lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)
  • らぬ - くだらぬ - foolish/idiotic
  • - げぐう - building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground
  • ろす - うちおろす - to strike someone a blow/to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
  • | イカ - いかげそ | イカゲソ | イカげそ - squid tentacles
  • - そんか - Obediently yours
  • - じゅか | じゅげ - beneath the trees
  • - だいか - your honor (honour)/his (or her) honor (honour)
  • - したまえ - part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono)
  • - そでした - bottom of the sleeve | height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing) | secret/secret bribe
  • - ちかか - burying/underground installation (cables, etc.)
  • - ちかてつ - underground train/subway
  • げ - じさげ - decreasing land prices
  • - ちかしつ - cellar/basement
  • らん - くだらん - foolish/idiotic
  • - ちか - basement/cellar/underground place | underground/below ground | secret/under cover | underground (railway)/subway/metro
  • - ちかけい - rhizome
  • - ちかにかい - two-story basement (as in department stores)
  • - したみず - water flowing underneath/one's true feelings/kanji "water" radical at bottom
  • - かこう - (biological) infraclass
  • - ちかがい - underground shopping center/underground shopping centre
  • - ちかどう - subterranean tunnel
  • がり - ひるさがり - early afternoon
  • - ちんか - sinking/subsidence
  • - ちゅうりゅうのかそうかいきゅう - lower middle class
  • り - あまくだり - retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
  • - てんかわけめ - fateful/decisive (war)
  • - ちょっか - directly under/price cut/fall perpendicularly
  • | - じかたび - work tabi/split-toed heavy cloth shoes with rubber soles
  • - ていか - fall/decline/lowering/deterioration/degradation
  • - かごう - inferior conjunction
  • がり - ねさがり - price decline/a fall in price
  • で - つうじょうじょうけんかで - under normal conditions
  • - てきか - drip/drop/distill
  • - てんかいち - unique thing/best on earth
  • - てんかむそう - peerless/unequaled/unequalled
  • 殿 - でんか | てんが - your Highness/his (or her) Highness
  • - とうか - under the sword
  • - てんか - the world/whole country/descent from heaven/having one's own way/the public/the ruling power
  • れて - てんかはれて - right and proper/legal
  • - てんのうへいか - His Majesty the Emperor
  • - あめのした - the whole country/the public/the world/the ruling power/having one's own way
  • - てんかいっぴん - best article under heaven/peerless
  • - てんかむひ - peerless/unequaled/unequalled
  • - か - under (being in said condition or environment)
  • - わたりろうか - passage
  • - どうりょくこうか - power drive
  • - かきゅうざい - inferior goods (i.e, goods for which demand decreases when consumer's income increases)
  • - とちゅうげしゃ - stopover
  • - どげざ - kneeling down on the ground/prostrate oneself
  • もとし | し - とうだいもとくらし - can't see the forest for the trees
  • らぬ | にいつもはおらぬ - やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ - just because a method works once doesn't mean it will work every time (lit: there aren't always loach under the willow tree)
  • す - よみくだす - to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese
  • - しもにだんかつよう - conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)
  • - なんか - going south
  • - としした - younger/junior
  • | - こまい | コマイ - saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis) | fish caught under ice
  • - どべた - very unskillful/extremely awkward
  • - しもいちだんかつよう - conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"
  • - のうかすいたい - pituitary gland/pituitary body
  • - はいか - subordinates/one's followers
  • げ - したてだしなげ - pulling underarm throw (sumo)
  • り - したてひねり - twisting underarm throw (sumo)
  • き - はんしたかき - block copy artist
  • - ひかしぼう - subcutaneous fat
  • がってまず | さがってまず - さんぽさがってしのかげをふまず - a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
  • - ひか - subcutaneous
  • - びかちょう - amorous man/henpecked husband
  • - はんした - artwork/block copy/paste-up
  • - ひげ - self-abasement/humility/self-depreciation
  • - びか - under the nose
  • サリン - ちかてつサリンじけん - sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (Mar. 20, 1995)
  • - げこく - final third of a two-hour period
  • 殿 - ひでんか - princess/Her Royal Highness
  • - ひかちゅうしゃ - hypodermic injection
  • し | なくなし - あんじょうひとなくあんかうまなし - riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one
  • - てんかのだいどころ - The Nonpareil Kitchen/The Kitchen of the Nation (nickname for Osaka)
  • さがってまず | がってまず - さんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまず - a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
  • になる | きになる - したじきになる - to be squashed by/to be pinned under
  • - いきか - subliminal (below the threshold of sensation or consciousness)
  • にもおかない | にもかない - したにもおかない - giving a royal welcome/extending every courtesy
  • - したのなまえ - first name/given name
  • - ひょうてんか - below freezing
  • - かざしも - leeward/lee
  • め - げりどめ - antidiarrheal/paregoric/obstipant
  • げる - はらいさげる - to make a sale of government property
  • ろす - なでおろす - to stroke down
  • - ぶか - subordinate person
  • がおりる | りる - かたのにがおりる - to feel relieved of one's burden/to have a weight removed from one's mind
  • - へいか - your Majesty/his (or her) Majesty
  • | さかさま - じょうげさかさま - upside down
  • げ | げ - へいかきりさげ - devaluation
  • - さげおななじゅつ - seven techniques using a ninja sword
  • どのさげて | どのげて - どのつらさげて - How could I (you, etc.) ...?/How dare you (they, etc.) (have the nerve to) ...?
  • | - しもべ - servant/manservant/menial
  • デパ - デパちか | デパチカ - basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
  • げ | げ - つけさげ - method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)
  • ろし - きたおろし - cold wind from the northern uplands
  • - えりした - usu. the drop between collar and bottom hem on kimono, yukata, etc.
  • - げっかろうじん - go-between/matchmaker
  • りもの | - かねはてんかのまわりもの - money comes and goes/money goes around and around
  • - しょうぶしたぎ - "lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates
  • - ごほんゆびくつした - five-toed socks
  • - したば - lower portion/the base surface of something
  • - かがくじょうたつ - beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning
  • - めした - subordinate(s)/inferior(s)/junior
  • - めいれいいっか - immediately/as soon as the order is given
  • - まつしたでんきさんぎょう - Matsushita Electric Industrial
  • - しものせきじょうやく - Treaty of Shimonoseki
  • - もんかせい - pupil/disciple/follower
  • - もっか - at present/now
  • さず - りかにかんむりをたださず - avoiding the appearance of evil (lit: don't straighten your crown under a plum tree)
  • - しはいか - under control (e.g. of territory)
  • へのぎ - うえをしたへのおおさわぎ - to be in a state of confusion
  • ろす - かんばんをおろす - to close one's business
  • - らっかさん - parachute
  • - らんこうげ - violent fluctuation
  • - らっか - fall/drop/come down
  • - りょうへいか - Their Majesties/the Emperor and Empress
  • - れいか - below zero/sub-zero
  • - ろうか - corridor
  • - らっかぶつ - falling objects
  • - はなしべた - poor talker
  • - げいか - your highness/your grace/your eminence
  • ネタ - しもネタ - dirty joke/blue joke
  • - せいかたんでん - pit of the stomach
  • - かかあでんか - extremely overbearing wife
  • - きか - troops under one's command
  • - したくちびる | かしん - lower lip
  • - しもはんき | かはんき - the last half-year/second half of the year
  • - かだん | げだん - lower (horizontal) column (of print)/lowest tier (step, column of print, berth)
  • - かはんしん | しもはんしん - lower half of body
  • - せいか - lower abdomen
  • | - ひとりてんか | ひとりでんか - being the sole master of the situation/reigning supreme/standing unchallenged
  • 々 | - したじた | しもじも - the lower classes/the common people
  • - げち | げぢ | げじ - command/order
  • - かみん | げみん - the masses/the lower classes/the common people
  • - げさく | したさく - poor manufacture/poor quality/inferior goods
  • - かはい | げはい - inferior/low-class person
  • - かよう | したば - lower leaves
  • ろしえ | え - おろしあえ - seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usually for fish or vegetables
  • - あまがした | あめがした - the whole country/the public/the world/the ruling power/having one's own way
  • | もと | - あしもと | そっか - at one's feet/underfoot | gait/pace/step | you/thou
  • る | る - あまくだる - to descend from heaven
  • ろし - かきおろし - writing something on commission/newly written text
  • | - えきか - armpit
  • | ろし | - おろしがね - (vegetable) grater
  • | - げせん - humble birth
  • りる | りる - おりる - to descend (e.g. a mountain)/to go down/to come down | to alight (e.g. from bus)/to get off/to disembark/to dismount | to step down/to retire/to give up/to quit | to be granted/to be issued/to be given | to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.) | to be passed (from the body; i.e. of a roundworm)
  • ろす | ろす | す - おろす - to take down (e.g. flag)/to launch (e.g. boat)/to drop/to lower (e.g. ladder)/to let (a person) off/to unload/to discharge | to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle)/to let (a person) off | to withdraw money from an account | to wear (clothing) for the first time | to fillet (e.g. a fish)
  • | - げこくじょう - juniors dominating seniors/retainer supplanting his lord
  • り | - したばり - undercoat/first coat
  • | - かたい - lower leg/lower part of the body/lower limbs
  • - しも - 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.)
  • | | - げす - low-life/sleazebag/boor | person of humble rank/humble person/peasant/menial/churl/petty official
  • 穿き | 穿 - したばき - undershorts/underpants
  • | け - したうけ - subcontract
  • ろす - かきおろす - to draw for a specific purpose/to draw for the occasion
  • - げ - lowness (of degree, value, etc.)/inferiority | second volume (of two)/third volume (of three)
  • り | り - したずり - proof printing
  • る - したてにでる - to behave modestly
  • がる | がる - つりさがる - to hang down/to dangle
  • りる | りる | りる | りる - とびおりる - to jump down/to jump off/to jump from/to jump out of
  • げ - ねさげ - cut in price
  • バイト - かいバイト - least significant byte
  • げる | げる - つりさげる - to suspend from/to be suspended (from)
  • げる | げる - ひきさげる - to pull down/to lower/to reduce/to withdraw
  • - しょうか - high and low/the government and the people/going up and down
  • | - かみしも - samurai costume/old ceremonial costume | government and the people | upper and the lower parts of the body
  • がる | がる - くいさがる - to hang on to/to doff
  • がり - さがり - decline/hanging down/leaving/a little after/decorative cords (hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt)
  • - てんかとういつ - unification of the whole country
  • | - きか - word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter | under the desk
  • - ちか - under the rule of
  • - ひゃくにちてんか - The Hundred Days (of Napoleon I)/very short-lived regime
  • - ひんせいげれつ - of low (mean, inferior) character
  • - じょういかたつ - conveying the will of the governing to the governed
  • - とうか - throwing down/dropping/airdrop | investment
  • - きか - under one's command/under the banner (of)
  • る - はらがくだる - to have loose bowels
  • - かんか - under the jurisdiction of
  • - ちかすい - underground water
  • - げのげ - the lowest (of its kind)/the poorest
  • し - はらくだし - laxative/purgative/evacuant | loose bowels/diarrhea/diarrhoea
  • - てんかたじ - eventful times for the nation (world)/the nation (world) being in turmoil/the storm clouds gathering in the land
  • - げっかすいこう - polish/elaboration/repeatedly working over one's writing/being very scrupulous in the choice of diction
  • ち - えんのしたのちからもち - unsung hero/person who does a thankless task
  • - したまちじょうちょ - the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
  • - じょうげさゆう - up and down (top and bottom), left and right
  • - てんかだいいち - the best in the land/the best of its kind in the country/par excellence in the whole country
  • - てんかむるい - peerless (unparalleled, matchless, unequaled) in the country
  • - こくおうへいか - His Majesty the King
  • - きか - you (younger person)
  • - りかかでん - Be careful not to invite the least suspicion/Leave no room for scandal
  • - かんげざい - laxatives
  • - かほうしゅうせい - downward adjustment/downward revision
  • - かいしき - preconscious/unconscious/subconscious
  • - ちかこうさく - underground activities/secret maneuvering
  • - てんかこっか - the world and the nation/the state of the world/high affairs of state
  • - てんかばんみん - the whole nation/all the people in the land
  • - てんじょうてんげ - the whole world/throughout heaven and earth
  • - にょうぼうてんか - husband being henpecked/house where the wife is the boss/petticoat government
  • - とうげこう - path to and from school/way to school
  • りる - まくがおりる - to lower the curtain/to come to an end
  • - かでんりか - Be careful not to invite the least suspicion/Leave no room for scandal
  • - こうさいべた - bad at socializing/bad in social situation/being a bad mixer
  • - じょうずへた - differences in skill
  • - まくした - third highest sumo division/wrestlers of the third highest sumo division
  • - てした - subordinate/underling
  • - こうげ - rise and fall (prices)/superiority and inferiority (rank)
  • - からへた | からっぺた - utterly lacking in ability
  • - かきくだしぶん - transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese
  • - さいか - the lowest/the worst
  • - したのこ - younger child
  • - ふか - suburban districts (of a metropolis)/within an urban-prefecture
  • り - あずまくだり - travelling east from Kyoto (in ancient times) (traveling)
  • - したまちにんじょう - the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
  • - はっけっきゅうのかずのていか | はっけっきゅうのすうのていか - agranulocytosis (not enough white blood cells)
  • | - おりぐち | おりくち - top of a flight of stairs/exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
  • め | | め - くつしたどめ - garters/suspenders
  • - ひょうじゅんいか - below average
  • 西 - さいか - going west/leaving for the west
  • げ | げ - とりさげ - withdrawal
  • - てんかしゅうち - common knowledge/widely known/known to everybody
  • る | る - あしもとをみる - to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation)
  • - てんかごめん - licensed/chartered/officially allowed
  • - よみくだしぶん - transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese
  • げ - ねがいさげ - cancellation/withdrawal | not taking/refusing
  • - きせんしょうか | きせんじょうげ - high and low/(people of) all ranks and classes
  • - いちじょういちげ - up and down
  • - けつあつこうかざい - anti-hypertensive agent
  • に - むげに - flat or cold (refusal, etc.)
  • ろし | ろし - ゆきおろし - wind blowing snow down a mountain | removing snow from the roof of a house
  • - まくしたじょうい - 30 highest ranked makushita wrestlers (sumo)
  • - げにん - low-ranking ninja
  • ろし - たねおろし - sowing
  • - まくしたかく - referee officiating the third highest sumo division
  • - したひだり - lower left (corner)
  • - てんかむてき - peerless/unequalled/unequaled
  • り | り - とびおり - jumping off
  • ろす | ろす - なげおろす - to dump (a load of something) | to throw from a height/to throw downwards
  • - はらいさげひん - articles disposed of or sold off by the government
  • 宿 - げしゅくせい - boarder/boarding student
  • - ちかろう - dungeon
  • - したみぎ - lower right (corner)
  • - ししょうかぶ - hypothalamus
  • - くみした - a subordinate (member of a group)
  • - ちんかばし - bridge designed to be underwater during a flood
  • し - はきくだし - vomit and diarrhea or excreta (diarrhoea)
  • がる - やにさがる - to be complacent/to look self-satisfied
  • - とうかしほん - invested capital
  • | ご - ごかもん - a question from the emperor
  • がり | おがり - おさがり - food offering to the gods/leftovers/hand-me-downs
  • | - てんかたいへい - peaceful and tranquil (uneventful)/peace reigns over the land/halcyon times of peace
  • し | し - まくしたつけだし - very successful amateur sumo wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division
  • - そでのした - bribe/money under the table
  • - とか - in the capital/in Tokyo
  • - おうこうへいか - Her Majesty the Queen
  • に - しどうのもとに - under the guidance of/under the leadership of
  • - こまげた - low wooden clogs/komageta
  • - げんか - the present time | current
  • - げすいしょり - water treatment
  • い - したあらい - pre-washing to combat stains
  • - げたばきじゅうたく - a residential building, the first floor of which is occupied by businesses
  • し - したおし - a fall or drop/decline
  • - かいじょうたつ - conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be
  • げ - きりさげ - devaluation (e.g. of currency)/markdown/write-down/undercutting
  • - しっか - at the knees of one's parents/at home
  • てた - みさげはてた - contemptible/despicable
  • - しんせきこうか - (of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state
  • - したまちことば - working-class accent or dialect
  • - かきゅうさいばんしょ - a lower court
  • らし - したならし - preparatory activity
  • りる | りる - すべりおりる - to slide down (a hill) (e.g. ski, toboggan)/to slip down
  • - したあじ - seasoning of food
  • - かぶこうぞう - substructure
  • - したうけこうじょう - a subcontracting factory
  • - さいかい - lowest rank/bottom/cellar/least significant (bit)
  • 宿がり - やどさがり - (short-term) leave allowed a servant
  • - もんか - one's pupil or student or follower
  • - ぎょうせきかほうしゅうせい - profit warning
  • - ひよりげた - geta for wear in dry weather
  • がり - しりさがり - falling intonation | downward trend
  • がり - みぎかたさがり - decreasing (graph falling to the right)/shrinking/declining
  • | - もと - under (esp. influence or guidance)
  • くも | - くもまくかしゅっけつ - subarachnoid hemorrhage/subarachnoid haemorrhage
  • ごしてさい | ごしてください - ゆういぎにすごしてください - Have a good time!
  • - くだりでんそうそくど - downstream transmission speed
  • 宿 - しろうとげしゅく - boarding house
  • - げんか | ごんか - promptly
  • - ちかそしき - underground organization/underground organisation
  • - じばんちんか - land subsidence | decline in influence
  • げ - きんりひきさげ - interest rate cut
  • げ - りさげ - decrease in interest rates
  • - ちかうんどう - underground activities
  • - かこうきりゅう - downward air current
  • - かかくのかほうこうちょくせい - downward price rigidity
  • りる - にがおりる - to be relieved from one's duty
  • - かがくこつ - mandible/lower jawbone
  • - したやく - rough translation
  • - にわげた - garden clogs
  • - ちかしげん - underground resources
  • わきの | | - わきのした - armpit/axilla
  • - ちかかくじっけん - underground nuclear test
  • - ちかせん - underground wire or cable
  • がりり | がりり - あがりおり - going up and down/ascent and descent
  • し - むしくだし - deworming medicine
  • - ひかそしき - hypodermis
  • - らっかさんぶたい - paratroops
  • - したえのぐ - underglaze color/underglaze colour
  • - かぞくおん - subdominant
  • - きゃっか - at one's feet
  • - とうか - by the lamp
  • コンマ - コンマいか - below the decimal/of no account
  • げ - ちんさげ - pay cut
  • - ぜっかせん - sublingual gland
  • - したぞめ - preliminary dyeing
  • - ちょっかがたじしん - near-field earthquake (local earthquake, esp. with a shallow focus directly under a populated area)
  • げ - はらいさげ - disposal (usu. of unwanted government assets)/sale
  • - たかげた - tall wooden clogs
  • | - えんげ | えんか - (act of) swallowing/deglutition
  • - げっか - in the moonlight
  • - げっかびじん - Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)/night-blooming cereus/queen of the night
  • り - かわくだり - going downstream (in a boat)
  • - さんしたやっこ - petty underling
  • - またした - length of the legs/inseam
  • - まんてんか - all over the world
  • - じかせんえん - mumps
  • - けいじかがく - physical sciences
  • - ほうしゃせいこうかぶつ - radioactive fallout
  • - いきのした - gasp
  • - ききべた - poor listener
  • - さんした - underling
  • - じかせん - parotid gland
  • り - てんかとり - rule over the whole country
  • - かぶそしき - lower branch (of an organization) (organisation)/infrastructure
  • - きゅうこうかばくげき - dive bombing
  • - りゅうこうせいじかせんえん - mumps
  • - こうかぶつ - favorite snack to have with drinks/favourite snack to have with drinks
  • | - こしけ | たいげ - mucous discharge from female genitals (leucorrhoea, leucorrhea)
  • - ぬりげた - lacquered geta
  • - なんせいげかん - soft chancre
  • - せんか - Hades/the hereafter
  • - げすいしょりじょう - sewage (treatment) plant
  • | - せっか | セッカ - zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)/fan-tailed warbler
  • ろす - ふきおろす - to blow down upon
  • てる - みさげはてる - to despise/to scorn/to look down on
  • - ゆきのした - saxifrage
  • る - やにくだる - to leave the government service
  • がる | がる - くりさがる - to move back/to postpone | to borrow
  • げる - かしさげる - to lend/to loan
  • げる - おしさげる - to push or press or force down/to depress
  • - せんげ - imperial proclamation
  • - かいはんちゅうか - subcategorization/subcategorisation
  • げたりげたり - あげたりさげたり - raising and lowering/praising and blaming
  • ろし - すなおろし - cleaning dirt or sand out of the digestive system
  • る - おかをくだる - to go down a hill
  • - かいはんちゅうかげんり - subcategorization principle/subcategorisation principle
  • る | る - かけくだる - to run down
  • がる - りゅういんがさがる - to feel gratified
  • - いしきか - subconscious
  • - えいだんちかてつ - Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway/Eidan subway
  • げる - あたまをさげる - to bow one's head
  • うた - かみのくだしたもうたもの - godsend/heavenly gift
  • に - いちげきのもとに - by a single blow
  • がる - いっぽさがる - to take a step backward
  • - げすいこうじ - drainage (sewerage) works
  • - かかい - lower bound
  • す - くらいをくだす - to degrade/to lower in rank
  • す - けつろんをくだす - to draw a conclusion
  • った - げりがうつった - infected with diarrhea (diarrhoea)
  • りる - さかをおりる - to go downhill/to go down a slope
  • - ごとうか - accidental bombing
  • - さかのした - foot of a slope
  • - したのかい - lower floor
  • に - しもに - down/below/downward
  • る - かわをくだる - to descend a river
  • - くだりせん - down line/outbound line
  • - このもと | このした - under a tree
  • る - きゅうしゅうへくだる - to go down to Kyushu
  • 便 - くだりびん - down train/outbound train
  • - したのへや - downstairs room
  • - しもふたけた - last two figures of a number
  • す - しんぐんのめいれいをくだす - to give a marching order
  • 宿く - げしゅくにんをおく - to keep boarders
  • - じょうげかんけい - pecking order/hierarchical relationship/vertical relationship/hyponymy
  • - ごんかごんしょう - one of the 64 trigrams
  • りている - じょうがおりている - to be locked
  • - れいか - subordinates/followers
  • - くうちゅうらっか - air pluviation/pluviate
  • - かいはんちゅうかそせい - subcategorization feature/subcategorisation feature
  • - したぎるい - underclothes
  • く - したにあつく - more generously for the lower-paid
  • - しゅんげざい - drastic aperient
  • え - したもえ - sprout of a plant shooting from under the soil
  • - てんかのけい - superlative view
  • ろす - じょうをおろす - to lock/to fasten a lock
  • - せんじか - in times of war
  • る - せをくだる - to descend the rapids
  • ろす - にをおろす - to take a load off
  • ろす - ふりおろす - to swing downward
  • す - だんをくだす - to pass judgment (judgement)/to make a decision
  • げる - ちょきんをさげる - to withdraw one's savings
  • ろす - ちょきんをおろす - to withdraw one's savings
  • - てんかのしょう - beautiful scenery
  • ろす - ねをおろす - to take root