Meanings
Noun
1. lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority
2. second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
Alt. forms
Kanji used
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Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (68 in total)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
coming home from school
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
manservant
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
maidservant
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
descending (mountain)
descending (mountain)
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
manservant
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
servant; valet; menial
command; order
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
poor plan
the masses; the lower classes; the common people
small attached annex; lean-to
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
laxative; purgative; evacuant
the lowest (of its kind); the poorest
last volume (in set)
the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
imperial proclamation
low-rank person; menial
footwear (esp. outdoor shoes, as opposed to slippers, etc.); footgear
final third of a two-hour period
rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation; difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation
lower-middle (e.g. in class rank)
retirement from public office; going into opposition; losing power
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
withdrawing from the castle
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
small attached annex; lean-to
being sent to prison
board-and-room charge
remaining text omitted (in quotation)
draft; rough copy
dismounting
low-quality goods; inferior goods
low-rank priest
person of humble birth
inferior; low-class person
dismounting
leukorrhoea; leucorrhoea; leukorrhea; leucorrhea; mucous discharge from female genitals
poor manufacture; poor quality; inferior goods
being lowered (of a fever)
second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
bad physician; bad doctor
side dish (to have with a drink)
wholesale price