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    3. 下る

    下る

    下くだる​

    to descend

    N4KMT7News #17+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab4 strokes

    降る

    くだる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to descend, to go down, to come down
    2.
    to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
    3.
    to pass (of time)
    4.
    to surrender, to capitulate
    5.
    to be less than, to be inferior to
    6.
    to have the runs, to have diarrhea
    7.
    to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body
    8.
    to depreciate oneself, to be humble
    archaic

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    山やま道みちをゆっくりと下くだる。

    To slowly descend the mountain path.

    KMT4Daily LifeNature & Environment
    エスカレーターで地ち下か鉄てつのホームへ下くだる。

    To go down to the subway platform by escalator.

    KMT5Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    裁さい判ばん官かんから厳きびしい判はん決けつが下くだった。

    A harsh verdict was handed down by the judge.

    KMT7Daily LifePolitics & Law
    食しょくあたりで、お腹なかが下くだってしまった。

    I got an upset stomach and had diarrhea from food poisoning.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    彼かれは、その命めい令れいが上じょう層そう部ぶから下くだるのを待まつしかなかった。

    He had no choice but to wait for the order to come down from the higher-ups.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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