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下さがる

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

1. to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower

熱ねつはもう下さがったのかよ？Has your fever gone down yet?

2. to hang; to dangle

窓まどにカーテンが下さがっている。A curtain hangs in the window.

3. to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire

わたしは立たち上あがり、ゆっくりと後うしろに下さがる。I stand up and slowly step back.

4. to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded

価か値ちが下さがるしね。And its value goes down.

5. to get closer to the present day

6. to play a sagari; to extend downwards

usu. サガる

Alt. forms

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Conjugations...Used in: 5008

Used in vocabulary (24 in total)

引ひき下さがる

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

ぶら下さがる

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

食くい下さがる

to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

Examples (68 in total)

熱ねつが下さがりません。

My fever won't go away.

価か値ちが下さがるしね。

And its value goes down.

後こう方ほうに下さがりましょう！

Let's move to the rear!