Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
2. to lower; to reduce; to bring down
3. to demote; to move back; to pull back
4. to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
5. to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
Kanji used
below
Pitch accent
Top 2000
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
to look happy; to look pleased; to make eyes at (someone); to ogle
to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)
to push or press or force down; to depress
to look down over; to look down on
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to make a sale of government property
to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)
to withdraw a request
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
to lend; to loan
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
to lend; to loan
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
Examples (18 in total)
Put your hands down!
Could you turn the volume down?
Turn down the volume, please.