not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
shoe rack (at an entrance); shoe cupboard; shoe cubby
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
to become vulgar; to coarsen
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
descending a mountain; descent
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
going to and from school; school commute
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
the lower classes; the masses; the common people; underclass; riffraff
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
small attached annex; lean-to
laxative; purgative; evacuant
going from the capital to the provinces; returning after praying at a temple or shrine; coming down from a high place to a low place
the lowest (of its kind); the poorest
second volume (in a two-volume set); third volume (in a three-volume set); last volume
stopover (during a train or bus journey)
up-and-down motion; vertical movement (e.g. in an earthquake)
slightly below average (esp. in regards to looks)
rumor; rumour; gossip; speculation; irresponsible criticism; hearsay
throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one
footwear (esp. outdoor shoes, as opposed to slippers, etc.); footgear
the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation; difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two
final third of a two-hour period
low wooden clogs; komageta
resigning from (public) office; going out of power (of a party); going into opposition
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
(arch.) discarding; (arch.) abandoning; variety of street performance from the Middle Ages; casting off one's attachments (in Zen)
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
doorman in charge of footwear
withdrawing from a castle
of low character; of mean character
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
lying down on the ground (in apology)
lower heavens (esp. the heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings, the lowest of the six heavens of the desire realm); heaven of enjoying emanations
conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system)
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
geta for wear in dry weather
low-ranking courtier not permitted into the imperial audience hall; commoner-rank official; ordinary person; commoner; peasant
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
loose stool; watery stool
to leave everything to (someone)
antidiarrheal; paregoric; obstipant
shoe print (of a suspect at a crime scene); footprint
both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)
area for storing (outdoor) footwear
building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground
wearing wooden clogs; floatplane
to inflate (figures); to jack up (e.g. a score); to pad
high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes
remaining text omitted (in quotation)
number token (received upon depositing one's shoes, e.g. at a public bathhouse)
Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole
upper and lower houses of parliament
dismounting (esp. from a horse as a sign of respect); alighting; prohibition against entering the grounds of a temple or shrine on horseback
sewage treatment facility; sewage treatment works
dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing); dysphagy
low-quality goods; inferior goods
boarder; boarding student
drainage (sewerage) works
low-grade fish; cheap fish
proceeding from Tokyo to Osaka
province of the lowest rank (ritsuryō system); (arch.) leaving for the provinces
vulgarity; coarseness; crudeness
inferior; low-class person
leukorrhoea; leucorrhoea; leukorrhea; leucorrhea; mucous discharge from female genitals
poor manufacture; poor quality; inferior goods
geta for working in rice fields
to take in lodgers; to keep boarders
being lowered (of a fever)
toe guards on clogs; footwear doorman
diarrheal disease; diarrhea
catharsis; purgation; evacuation; pouring out (water, etc.)
second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
laxative; cathartic; evacuant; purgative
side dish (to have with a drink)
love makes people equal; love is a leveler; love is blind
bad physician; bad doctor
rough geta (e.g. made of Japanese cedar)
hanger-on; lackey; sycophant; (lit.) snow stuck under a geta sandal
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
to be churlish; to be crude; to be boorish; to be vulgar; to conduct oneself in an unseemly manner
low-class language; vulgar words
eating bizarre foods; eating strange things; eating grotesque foods; person with bizarre tastes in food; (fig.) person with unconventional tastes
taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride
connection to public sewerage
traveler's diarrhea; traveller's diarrhoea
boasting of one's humility
everyone drinks at least a little bit; (lit.) ghosts and non-drinkers do not exist
drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit
geta with skating blades; skates made from geta
repairing clogs; clog repairer
leukorrhoea; leucorrhoea; leukorrhea; leucorrhea; mucous discharge from female genitals
musical accompaniment and sound effects (esp. in kabuki)
low geta (once used when cleaning the garden)
don't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; (lit.) no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse
song sung behind the scenes
a teetotaler doesn't know (how tasty) water is when waking up after having been drunk
things that look similar but are completely different; (lit.) geta and grilled miso
residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses