noun / ~する noun:

• bottoming out; reaching a floor; ceasing to fall; edging lower

noun:

• shuttle

expression / noun:

• hanger-on; lackey; sycophant; snow stuck under a geta sandal [literal] - usu. in ref. to the smaller party in a coalition government - idiom - derogatory term

noun:

• descendant - IT term

noun:

• manservant

noun:

• lower bound - Mathematics term

noun:

• sewage pipe ➜ 下水道・管渠

noun:

• servants

noun:

• sprouts; shoots

noun:

• grated daikon mixed with flavoured vinegar

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 ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり

noun:

• vulgar; coarse

expression:

• giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy

noun:

• underlined part

noun:

• subdominant

noun:

• lower jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine); lower burner

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• foolish; idiotic - colloquialism - vulgar ➜ 下らん

noun / ~する noun:

• rough sketch used as a guideline for a picture ➜ 下書き

noun:

• manservant - archaism

noun:

• fall; drop; decline

noun:

• subordinate dialogue - IT term

expression / noun:

• care for patients with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc.

noun:

• kitchen maid

noun:

• downstream transmission speed

expression:

• poor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit - proverb