投下 – Vocabulary details

投とう下か

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する, transitive)

1. throwing down; dropping; airdrop

2. investment

Alt. forms

Kanji used

投

throw

下

below

Pitch accent

と

うか

と

うか

Conjugations...Used in: 771

Composed of

投とう

pitching ability; counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.); counter for casts (of a line)

下か

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

原げん爆ばく投とう下か

atomic bombing

燃ねん料りょう投とう下か

stirring things up; adding fuel to a fire

空くう中ちゅう投とう下か

airdrop; air drop

2 more...

Examples (3 in total)

飛ひ行こう機きは、街まちに爆ばく弾だんを投とう下かした。

The plane dropped bombs on the city.

その戦せん闘とう機きは爆ばく弾だんを投とう下かした。

That fighter plane dropped a bomb.

１９４５年ねん広ひろ島しまに原げん子し爆ばく弾だんが投とう下かされた。

An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.