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