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)
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
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
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.)
conquering the devil
getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting
light rain; drizzle
to fall from heaven (the sky)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to become frosted; to become frosty
snowfall; snow
chance of precipitation; chance of rain
jumping off
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
leaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawing
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
communication with the dead
to stop raining or snowing
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
rainfall; rain
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
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
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)
birth (regal); nativity
(of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state
to run down (stairs, etc.)
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
amount of precipitation; precipitation
landing; touchdown; demotion; accretion
heavy rain; storm
spiritualism; spiritism
descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; downhill (skiing race)
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
marbled meat (esp. beef)
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
passengers getting on and off (a train)
to be blown in (e.g. rain); to sweep in
the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
to drizzle (rain)
schuss; straight descent
amount of rainfall
"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
surrenderer; person who surrenders
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
stop button (on a bus)
to descend from heaven
rainfall; precipitation
leaving the platform
downgrading; demotion; degradation; lowering of position (or rank, etc.)
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
drug to lower blood pressure; antihypertensive
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
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
demon invocation; summoning demons
volcanic ash
spiritism session; seance
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
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
elevator (aviation)
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
downpour; drenching rain
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
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
Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja; conqueror of the three worlds
hailstorm; hail
disembarkation (from an aircraft or spacecraft); deplaning
to rain harder
to pull down; to haul down
whatever misfortune happens; (lit.) even if spears fall out of the sky
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
driving rain
come hell or high water; no matter what happens; (lit.) even if rain or spears should fall
frost formation; frost
call to surrender
artificial rain; rainmaking; cloud seeding
come hell or high water; no matter what happens; (lit.) even if rain or spears should fall
raining on and off
if a cat washes its face, rain is coming
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
you must protect yourself against any possible dangers; (lit.) you have to brush off sparks that fall onto you
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
wind blowing snow down a mountain; removing snow from the roof of a house
traversing (in skiing)
to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with
driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain
downturn; decrement phase
to relieve someone of the leading role
accretion disc; accretion disk
to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with
downpour; drenching rain
stopover (between flights)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
birth (regal); nativity
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
linear rainband; lengthy band of rain
descending dragon
sea-run variety (of fish)
lack of rainfall; drought
virgin birth (esp. the Virgin Birth of Jesus)
going home from kindergarten; coming home from kindergarten
Armistice of Cassibile
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to run down (stairs, etc.)
hypoglycemic drug; hypoglycaemic drug
antihypertensive; hypotensive drug; blood pressure-lowering medicine
to run down (stairs, etc.)
eleventh lunar month
to be blown in (e.g. rain); to sweep in
using a new brush for the first time; doing something for the first time; man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)
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
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.)
to rain dust; to have a dust storm
eleventh lunar month
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.