下る

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
くだ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
降る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「下る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
下る だる
Imperative (命令形) 下れ だれ
Key constructions
Passive 下られる だられる
Causative 下らせる だらせる
Potential 下れる だれる
Volitional 下ろう だろ
Negative 下らない だらない
Negative perfective 下らなかった だらなかった
Formal 下ります だりま
Perfective 下った だった
Conjunctive 下って だって
Hypothetical conditional 下れば だれ

Verb

(くだ) (kudaruintransitive godan (stem (くだ) (kudari), past (くだ)った (kudatta))

Japanese verb pair
active (くだ)
mediopassive (くだ)
  1. descend
  2. hand down an order, issue, sentence
  3. surrender
  4. have diarrhea
Conjugation

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
さ(が)
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 下る – see the following entry.
がる
to hang (down)
to fall, descend
to stand back; to withdraw
(This term, 下る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)