下ろす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "下ろす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
下ろす
Imperative (命令形) 下ろせ
Key constructions
Passive 下ろされる ろされ
Causative 下ろさせる ろさせ
Potential 下ろせる ろせ
Volitional 下ろそう ろそ
Negative 下ろさない ろさない
Negative perfective 下ろさなかった ろさなかった
Formal 下ろします ろしま
Perfective 下ろした した
Conjunctive 下ろして して
Hypothetical conditional 下ろせば せば

Verb

()ろす (orosutransitive godan (stem ()ろし (oroshi), past ()ろした (oroshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 下ろす
mediopassive 下りる
  1. Alternative form of 降ろす, to unload; to drop off; to lower
  2. to cut; to prune
  3. to renew, to make anew
  4. Alternative form of 卸す, to sell wholesale; to grate

Usage notes

The relationship between 下ろす and 降ろす (both pronounced おろす orosu, and with partially overlapping meanings) is subtle. See the note at 降ろす.

Conjugation