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下る

くだる

Readings

くだる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5r, vito descend; to go down; to come down
  2. 2.
    v5r, vito be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
  3. 3.
    v5r, vito pass (of time)
  4. 4.
    v5r, vito surrender; to capitulate
  5. 5.
    v5r, vito be less than; to be inferior to
  6. 6.
    v5r, vito have the runs; to have diarrhea
  7. 7.
    v5r, vito pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body
  8. 8.
    v5r, vito depreciate oneself; to be humble

Kanji breakdown

下
N23 strokesGrade 1

Example sentences

山を下ったところに学校がある。

There is a school down the mountain.

彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。

He was given ten years and his wife three.

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下るくだる

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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