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
descend
Pitch accent
Top 5100
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
Examples (15 in total)
Help me take this down.
I'll drop you off at the station.
Please let me off here.
She pulled the blinds down.
Would you kindly let me off at the nearest station?
Could you drop me off at the library?
Could you drop me off at the bus stop?
The ship discharged its cargo in Panama.
Please let me off in front of that building.
He took the heavy box down from the shelf.
She took down a book from the shelf.
Take the jam down from the top shelf.
The boat anchored near the shore.
Please take the sugar pot down from the upper shelf.
I dropped them off at Kanda.