下降
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Chinese[edit]
under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter |
to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender | ||
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trad. (下降) | 下 | 降 | |
simp. #(下降) | 下 | 降 | |
anagram | 降下 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
下降
- (literally) to drop; to fall; to descend
- (figuratively) to decline; to go down; to decrease
- (archaic, of a princess) to get married
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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下 | 降 |
か Grade: 1 |
こう Grade: 6 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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Verb[edit]
下降する • (kakō suru) intransitive suru (stem 下降し (kakō shi), past 下降した (kakō shita))
- descend, fall
- 年々人気が下降している
- nennen ninki ga kakō shite iru
- its popularity has been going down year by year
- 年々人気が下降している
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of "下降する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 下降し | かこうし | kakō shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 下降し | かこうし | kakō shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 下降する | かこうする | kakō suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 下降する | かこうする | kakō suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 下降すれ | かこうすれ | kakō sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 下降せよ¹ 下降しろ² |
かこうせよ¹ かこうしろ² |
kakō seyo¹ kakō shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 下降される | かこうされる | kakō sareru | |
Causative | 下降させる 下降さす |
かこうさせる かこうさす |
kakō saseru kakō sasu | |
Potential | 下降できる | かこうできる | kakō dekiru | |
Volitional | 下降しよう | かこうしよう | kakō shiyō | |
Negative | 下降しない | かこうしない | kakō shinai | |
Negative continuative | 下降せず | かこうせず | kakō sezu | |
Formal | 下降します | かこうします | kakō shimasu | |
Perfective | 下降した | かこうした | kakō shita | |
Conjunctive | 下降して | かこうして | kakō shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 下降すれば | かこうすれば | kakō sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References[edit]
- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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