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    3. 急降下

    急降下

    急きゅう降こう下か

    sudden drop

    KMT10News #44+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab22 strokes

    きゅうこうか

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    sudden drop, sharp fall, nosedive, swoop

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    飛ひ行こう機きが急きゅう降こう下かした。

    The airplane made a sudden drop.

    KMT7Travel & Transportation
    株かぶ価かが急きゅう降こう下かし、市し場じょうに動どう揺ようが広ひろがった。

    Stock prices plummeted, and panic spread through the market.

    KMT10Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    猛もう禽きん類るいは獲え物ものを狙ねらって上じょう空くうから急きゅう降こう下かする。

    Birds of prey swoop down from the sky to target their prey.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    ジェットコースターは頂ちょう上じょうから急きゅう降こう下かし、乗じょう客きゃくは悲ひ鳴めいを上あげた。

    The roller coaster plummeted from the top, and the passengers screamed.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationGamesEmotions & Psychology
    気き流りゅうの乱みだれにより、飛ひ行こう機きは一いち時じ的てきに急きゅう降こう下かした。

    Due to turbulence, the airplane temporarily made a sudden drop.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationWeather & Geography

    Kanji that make up this word

    急
    いそ.ぐ・いそ.ぎ・せ.く…(1)
    hurry・emergency・sudden・steep
    降
    お.りる・お.ろす・ふ.る・ふ.り・くだ.る・くだ.す…(4)
    descend・precipitate・fall・surrender
    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
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