Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 下る in Japanese
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下る, 降るJLPT 2
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Kana Readingくだる
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Romajikudaru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ru' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to descend; to go down; to come down
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to pass (of time)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to surrender; to capitulate
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to have the runs; to have diarrhea
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Examples of 下る, 降る, くだる in a sentence
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雨が降っている。
It is raining.
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When rain's fallen and the soil is moist, it becomes easier to pull out weeds.
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The sky looks ominous. I wonder if it will rain.
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Come to pick me up if it rains tomorrow.
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It's raining again. I wonder if we will be able to have the February snow festival?
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It rains heavily so the ground is very soggy.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 下る
- Plain Polite
- 下ります
- Negative
- 下らない
- Negative Polite
- 下りません
Past
- Plain
- 下った
- Plain Polite
- 下りました
- Negative
- 下らなかった
- Negative Polite
- 下りませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 下って
- Plain Polite
- 下りまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 下られる
- Plain Polite
- 下られます
- Negative
- 下られない
- Negative Polite
- 下られません
Related Kanji
降
JLPT 3
10 strokes
descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
On'Yomi: コウ, ゴ
Kun'Yomi: お.りる, お.ろす, ふ.る, ふ.り, くだ.る, くだ.す
下
JLPT 5
3 strokes
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
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