noun / ~する noun:

• becoming firmly established; putting down strong roots
• exercising authority; being dominant; holding sway
• settling in a coiled shape - orig. meaning

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to extort; to shake down (for money)

noun:

• falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest ➜ 公妨

ichidan verb:

• to die; to lay down life's burden

noun / ~する noun:

• transcribing in musical notation; copying down (a tune)

noun:

• feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards - Ōsaka dialect ➜ めんこ

noun:

• burning (something) away; burning (something) down

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down
• to send flying; to strike; to fling; to fire
• to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
• to drive at terrific speed; to barrel along

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pour (of rain); to pound down - sometimes incorrectly used to mean "to fall quietly"

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)

godan ~く verb:

• to pour (of rain); to pound down - sometimes incorrectly used to mean "to fall quietly"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feel depressed; to be down ➜ 滅入る

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• being pendent; hanging down

expression:

• feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps - idiom

noun:

• ups and downs; up-and-down - From English "up down"

noun:

• dying; laying down one's life
• one out - Baseball term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees ➜ 這い蹲う

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees ➜ 這い蹲る

noun / ~する noun:

• collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in - archaism ➜ 崩壊

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards ➜ 居合い
• iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

noun:

• downswing; down swing - Sports term