noun:

• downhill road; descending road

noun:

• the masses; the lower classes; the common people

noun:

• under the sword

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• nowadays

noun:

• servant; valet; menial

noun:

• confined groundwater; artesian groundwater

noun:

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

noun:

• tall wooden clogs

godan ~す verb:

• to draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion

noun:

• decreasing land prices

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• being pendent; hanging down

noun:

• under control

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary inspection; preliminary examination

noun / ~する noun:

• being lowered (of a fever) ➜ 解熱

noun:

• falling intonation; falling tone

noun / ~の noun:

• being under military occupation

noun:

• underground activities; secret maneuvering - four character idiom

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.

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued - colloquialism Antonym: 盛り上がる【もりあがる】

noun:

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

noun:

• floor below; floor downstairs ➜ 上階

noun:

• laxative

expression / noun:

• younger child

noun:

• near one's knee
• under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of
• territory of a powerful person ［ひざもと］ ➜ お膝元
• address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter ［しっか］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes