Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to descend; to go down; to come down
坂道をくだると駅が見える。When you go down the slope, you can see the station.
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
参加者は千人をくだらなかった。There were no fewer than a thousand participants.
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