下げる

Meanings

1. to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
2. to lower; to reduce; to bring down
3. to demote; to move back; to pull back
4. to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
5. to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards

Part of speech: ichidan verb, transitive

Kanji

• 下

  Meanings

  below, down, descend, give

  On reading

  カ、ゲ

  Kun reading

  した、しも、もと、さ.げる、さ.がる、くだ.る

  Strokes

  3

Example sentences

• ラジオの音を下げてくれませんか。

  Could you turn down the radio?

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