ダウン

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See also: タウン

Japanese

Etymology 1

From English down.

Pronunciation

Noun

ダウン • (daun) 

  1. going down, fall, decrease
  2. being down with a disease, being unable to work due to sickness
  3. being knocked down in boxing
  4. a machine being down, failing to work
Derived terms

Verb

ダウンする • (daun suru) suru (stem ダウンし (daunsuru shi), past ダウンした (daunsuru shita))

  1. go down, fall, decrease
    • 2015 January 10, “悪(あく)魔(ま)のサイコロ [Demon’s Die]”, in 決闘者の栄光 －記憶の断片－ side：武藤遊戯 [Duelist Road －Piece of Memory－ side: Mutō Yūgi], Konami:
      ①(いち)：サイコロを１(いっ)回(かい)振(ふ)る。相(あい)手(て)フィールドのモンスターの攻(こう)撃(げき)力(りょく)・守(しゅ)備(び)力(りょく)は、ターン終(しゅう)了(りょう)時(じ)まで出(で)た目(め)の数(かず)×(かける)100( ひゃく)ダウンする。
      Ichi: saikoro o ikkai furu. Aite fīrudo no monsutā no kōgekiryoku shubiryoku wa, tān shūryōji made deta me no kazu kakeru hyaku daun suru.
      1: Roll a die once. Until the end of this turn, the attack and defense strength of the monsters on your opponent’s field decreases by the result ×100.
  2. be down with a disease, be unable to work due to sickness
  3. be knocked down in boxing
  4. go down, malfunction
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ダウンする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ダウンし daun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ダウンし daun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ダウンする daun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ダウンする daun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ダウンすれ daun sure
Meireikei ("imperative") ダウンせよ¹
ダウンしろ² 		daun seyo¹
daun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive ダウンされる daun sareru
Causative ダウンさせる
ダウンさす 		daun saseru
daun sasu
Potential ダウンできる daun dekiru
Volitional ダウンしよう daun shiyō
Negative ダウンしない daun shinai
Negative continuative ダウンせず daun sezu
Formal ダウンします daun shimasu
Perfective ダウンした daun shita
Conjunctive ダウンして daun shite
Hypothetical conditional ダウンすれば daun sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Antonyms

Etymology 2

From English down.

Pronunciation

Noun

ダウン • (daun) 

  1. down (feathers)
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