Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. senken
2. hängen lassen; herunterhängen lassen
3. baumeln lassen; hängen; schlenkern
4. tragen; umhängen
5. herabsetzen; herablassen; herunternehmen
6. entfernen; abräumen; wegtun (etw. das sich neben einem Buddha, Gott oder einer hochrangigen Person befindet)
7. geben; erteilen; verleihen (eine hochstehende Person an eine niedriger stehende)
8. nach hinten bewegen
9. abheben (Geld bei der Bank)
Kanji used
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Pitch accent
Top 2000
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
den Kopf senken; sich verbeugen; sich entschuldigen; um Verzeihung bitten; um etw. bitten; nachgeben
hängen; herunterhängen lassen; tragen; sehen lassen; nachlaufen
zurücknehmen; zurückziehen; fallen lassen
Examples (18 in total)
Put your hands down!
Could you turn the volume down?
Turn down the volume, please.
I think we should lower the price.
Could you turn down the radio?
Please turn down the volume a little bit more.
Could you turn the television down a bit?
I'll agree to the terms if you lower the price.
Mass production reduced the price of many goods.
We have to reduce the cost to a minimum.
Then, at last, the policeman lowered his arm.
They did not agree to bring down the price.
He had to reduce the price of his wares.
The yen is expected to lose value against the dollar.
The stock price index was off 200 points yesterday.
The Nikkei Stock Average lost nearly 200 points to close yesterday at 18,000.
The government ordered that the price of soap be reduced by two pence.
That's too expensive for me. Can you lower the price a bit?