Keyword
descend
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig1405
Readings
(53%)
(23%)
こう
(20%)
ごう
(1%)
Composed of
small village
late winter
almost a year
Used in vocabulary (260 in total)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
entrance; hatch(way)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to continue to rain or snow
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
to rain incessantly; to downpour
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
demotion; relegation; downgrading
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
to slide down; to slip down
to send (rain); to shed
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
ascending and descending; going up and down
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
getting on and off; embarking and disembarking
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting
conquering the devil
light rain; drizzle
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to fall from heaven (the sky)
to become frosted; to become frosty
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
snowfall; snow
chance of precipitation; chance of rain
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
jumping off
communication with the dead
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
leaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawing
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
to stop raining or snowing
rainfall; rain
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
necromancy; spiritism; spiritualism
sedimentation; subsidence; precipitation; sinking; settling; submerging
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
Christmas; Nativity; celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man
birth (regal); nativity
invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)
(of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
to run down (stairs, etc.)
amount of precipitation; precipitation
landing; touchdown; demotion; accretion
heavy rain; storm
spiritualism; spiritism
descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; downhill (skiing race)
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
marbled meat (esp. beef)
passengers getting on and off (a train)
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
to be blown in (e.g. rain); to sweep in
the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
to drizzle (rain)
driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
schuss; straight descent
surrenderer; person who surrenders
amount of rainfall
"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
stop button (on a bus)
rainfall; precipitation
to descend from heaven
downgrading; demotion; degradation; lowering of position (or rank, etc.)
leaving the platform
loading and unloading
exit (for disembarking passengers)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
spiritism session; seance
drug to lower blood pressure; antihypertensive
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
demon invocation; summoning demons
volcanic ash
surrender flag; white flag
to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors
to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors
drop-off point (e.g. ski lift, bus, taxi); exit ramp
descending order
elevator (aviation)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
downpour; drenching rain
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja; conqueror of the three worlds
hailstorm; hail
disembarkation (from an aircraft or spacecraft); deplaning
to pull down; to haul down
to rain harder
whatever misfortune happens; (lit.) even if spears fall out of the sky
come hell or high water; no matter what happens; (lit.) even if rain or spears should fall
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
driving rain
call to surrender
frost formation; frost
artificial rain; rainmaking; cloud seeding
if a cat washes its face, rain is coming
you must protect yourself against any possible dangers; (lit.) you have to brush off sparks that fall onto you
come hell or high water; no matter what happens; (lit.) even if rain or spears should fall
raining on and off
wind blowing snow down a mountain; removing snow from the roof of a house
to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month); service (held on April 8) celebrating the birth of the Buddha
downpour; drenching rain
going up and down; ascent and descent
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
traversing (in skiing)
descending dragon
to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with
to rain incessantly; to downpour
downturn; decrement phase
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
birth (regal); nativity
accretion disc; accretion disk
stopover (between flights)
to relieve someone of the leading role
driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain
downpour; drenching rain
linear rainband; lengthy band of rain
going home from kindergarten; coming home from kindergarten
virgin birth (esp. the Virgin Birth of Jesus)
using a new brush for the first time; doing something for the first time; man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)
eleventh lunar month
Armistice of Cassibile
hypoglycemic drug; hypoglycaemic drug
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
lack of rainfall; drought
sea-run variety (of fish)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to be blown in (e.g. rain); to sweep in
antihypertensive; hypotensive drug; blood pressure-lowering medicine
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
loading and unloading
humbly; after a time; later; followed by; next
driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain
to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with
hailstorm; hail
you must protect yourself against any possible dangers; (lit.) you have to brush off sparks that fall onto you
birth (regal); nativity
descending dragon
eleventh lunar month
to rain dust; to have a dust storm
Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
flower that is said to cause rain if picked (convolvulus, etc.)
reduction in pay
rainy spell
downhill racing (skiing)
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water
the gods watching over humans from the heavens
catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)
catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)
swimming downstream (to the sea)
to be drenched (from the rain, etc.)
to be drenched (from the rain, etc.)
to be drenched (from the rain, etc.)
forward voltage drop (e.g. in a semiconductor)
falling intonation; falling tone
price fall; fall in prices
to send (rain); to shed
advent; descent (of a god)
if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming
if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming
if the kids make a racket outside, there will be rain
saddle point method; steepest descent method; gradient descent method
yield strength; yield stress
lowering (e.g. of a flag); taking down
folding fee; fee paid to the pot for folding
peppered moth (Biston betularia)
Examples (200 in total)
Would you tell me when to get off?
I want to get off here.
Let's get off here.