Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1.  to descend;  to go down;  to come down
2.  to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
3.  to pass (of time)
4.  to surrender;  to capitulate
5.  to be less than;  to be inferior to
often in neg. form
6.  to have the runs;  to have diarrhea
also written as 瀉る
7.  to pass (in stool);  to be discharged from the body
8.  to depreciate oneself;  to be humble