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
Kanji used
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Pitch accent
Top 2400
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
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.)
Examples (7 in total)
Put down your weapons!
Put down your gun.
The ship dropped anchor.