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adjective (keiyoushi)
word usually written using kana alone
trivial;trifling;insignificant;not worth bothering with;worthless;useless;good-for-nothing
くだらない話はもうたくさんだ。
We have had enough of empty words.
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adjective (keiyoushi)
word usually written using kana alone
stupid;nonsensical;absurd;foolish;silly
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to come down;to go down;to fall;to drop;to sink;to get lower
ランプは天井から下がっていた。
The lamp hung from the ceiling.
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to hang;to dangle
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to move back;to step back;to withdraw;to retire
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to deteriorate;to fall off;to be downgraded
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to get closer to the present day
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
word usually written using kana alone
go (game)
to play a sagari;to extend downwards
usu. サガる
Other forms
下る 【さがる】 (irregular okurigana usage) · 退がる 【さがる】 (search-only kanji form)
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to descend;to go down;to come down
山を下ったところに学校がある。
There is a school down the mountain.
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。
He was given ten years and his wife three.
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to pass (of time)
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to surrender;to capitulate
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to be less than;to be inferior to
often in neg. form
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to have the runs;to have diarrhea
also written as 瀉る
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
to pass (in stool);to be discharged from the body
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Godan verb with 'ru' endingintransitive verb
archaic
to depreciate oneself;to be humble
Other forms
降る 【くだる】