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おろす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat)
2. to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to discharge
esp. 降ろす
3. to withdraw (money)
4. to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
5. to cut off; to fillet (fish); to grate (e.g. radish); to prune (branches)
6. to remove (someone from a position); to oust; to drop
esp. 降ろす
7. to clear (the table); to remove (offerings from an altar); to pass down (e.g. old clothes); to hand down
8. to expel from the body (e.g. worms); to abort (a fetus)
9. to invoke (a spirit); to call down
Alt. forms
下おろす
58%
降おろす
22%
おろす
18%
下おろす
Pitch accent
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Top 6300
Conjugations...Used in: 1695
Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
to sit down
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to grate; to scrape off
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
to sit down
to withdraw money; to take money out
to take down; to bring down; to lower
to grate; to scrape off
to pull down; to haul down
to dump (a load of something); to throw from a height; to throw downwards
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to blow down upon
to lock; to fasten a lock
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
to take root
to take a load off
to slash downward; to cut down
to withdraw money; to take money out
to close one's business
to withdraw one's savings
to relieve someone of the leading role
to come of age (for a girl); to lengthen the sleeves of a kimono
Examples (7 in total)
Put down your weapons!
Put down your gun.
The ship dropped anchor.
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