noun:

• subsoil

noun / ~する noun:

• subcategorization; subcategorisation

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a step backward

noun:

• meadowsweet (Filipendula multijuga)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to keep boarders

expression:

• more generously for the lower-paid

noun:

• undergarment; underwear - esp.したごろも ➜ 下着
• lower garment (e.g. trousers) - esp. かい

noun:

• underling; subordinate official

noun:

• residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses

noun:

• sublingual gland

noun:

• down arrow - IT term

noun:

• sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki) - Food term ➜ 割り下

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drag down; to pull down
• to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

noun:

• common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang down; to dangle

noun:

• drainage (sewerage) works

noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system) - four character idiom

expression:

• look carefully where your own footsteps fall; seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others; know thyself

noun / ~の noun:

• decay (e.g. charge, signal); trailing (e.g. edge); falling

noun:

• tag; label

noun:

• low-rank retainer

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to slash downward; to cut down

noun / ~する noun:

• violent fluctuation

noun:

• gasp

noun:

• postponement; deferment; moving down