not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
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
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
to become vulgar; to coarsen
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
the masses; the lower classes; the common people
small attached annex; lean-to
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
laxative; purgative; evacuant
the lowest (of its kind); the poorest
stopover (during a train or bus journey)
the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
vertical motion (in earthquakes)
footwear (esp. outdoor shoes, as opposed to slippers, etc.); footgear
rumor; rumour; gossip; speculation; irresponsible criticism; hearsay
final third of a two-hour period
low wooden clogs; komageta
rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation; difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation
lower-middle (e.g. in class rank)
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two
retirement from public office; going into opposition; losing power
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)
withdrawing from the castle
of low (mean, inferior) character
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
doorman in charge of footwear
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
to leave everything to (someone)
antidiarrheal; paregoric; obstipant
loose stool; watery stool
area for storing (outdoor) footwear
building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground
both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)
wearing wooden clogs; floatplane
remaining text omitted (in quotation)
Azuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole
to inflate (figures); to jack up (e.g. a score); to pad
high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes
sewage treatment facility; sewage treatment works
low-quality goods; inferior goods
dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing); dysphagy
boarder; boarding student
drainage (sewerage) works
proceeding from Tokyo to Osaka
province of the lowest rank (ritsuryo system); (arch.) leaving for the provinces
inferior; low-class person
leukorrhoea; leucorrhoea; leukorrhea; leucorrhea; mucous discharge from female genitals
poor manufacture; poor quality; inferior goods
vulgarity; coarseness; crudeness
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
bad physician; bad doctor
rough geta (e.g. made of Japanese cedar)
hanger-on; lackey; sycophant; (lit.) snow stuck under a geta sandal
side dish (to have with a drink)
to be churlish; to be crude; to be boorish; to be vulgar; to conduct oneself in an unseemly manner
taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride
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
musical accompaniment and sound effects (esp. in kabuki)
leukorrhoea; leucorrhoea; leukorrhea; leucorrhea; mucous discharge from female genitals
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 (kabuki)
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