下る – Vocabulary details

下くだる

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

1. to descend; to go down; to come down

2. to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)

3. to pass (of time)

4. to surrender; to capitulate

5. to be less than; to be inferior to

often in neg. form

6. to have the runs; to have diarrhea

also written as 瀉る

7. to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body

8. to depreciate oneself; to be humble

Alt. forms

Kanji used

下

below

Pitch accent

く

だる

Conjugations...Used in: 2952

Used in vocabulary (11 in total)

天てん罰ばつが下くだる

to receive divine punishment

川かわを下くだる

to descend a river

軍ぐん門もんに下くだる

to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede

8 more...

Examples (5 in total)

彼かれは丘おかを下くだって行いった。

He went down the hill.

彼かの女じょに有ゆう罪ざいの判はん決けつが下くだった。

She was found guilty.

坂さかを下くだると海うみが見みえてきました。

The ocean came into view as we descended the hill.

その埃ほこりっぽい小こ道みちは谷たにへと下くだって行いく。

The dusty track descends to a valley.

川かわは山やまから下くだって湾わんに注そそいでいる。