noun:

• training

noun:

• grated radish; grated daikon

noun:

• underbrush; undergrowth

noun:

• downturn; decrement phase

noun:

• preconscious; unconscious; subconscious

noun:

• enquiring beforehand; inquiring beforehand

noun:

• area for storing (outdoor) footwear

noun:

• villa; daimyo's suburban residence

noun:

• toe guards on clogs; footwear doorman

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru" ➜ 下一段活用

noun:

• downside risk

noun:

• downhill road; descending road

noun:

• the masses; the lower classes; the common people

noun:

• servant; valet; menial

noun:

• edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary inspection; preliminary examination

noun / ~する noun:

• being lowered (of a fever) ➜ 解熱

noun:

• falling intonation; falling tone

conjunction:

• used when referring to oneself in a letter to one's superior - humble language ➜ 下る
• after a time; later; down to (e.g. from the Restoration down to present day)
• used when listing items or people by decreasing worth, rank, etc.

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"

noun:

• floor below; floor downstairs ➜ 上階

noun:

• laxative

expression / noun:

• younger child

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり

godan ~る verb:

• to be churlish; to be crude; to be boorish; to be vulgar; to conduct oneself in an unseemly manner