Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nouninferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounvulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

I-adjective (keiyoushi)trivial; trifling; insignificant; not worth bothering with; worthless; useless; good-for-nothing · stupid; nonsensical; absurd; foolish; silly

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noununskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

Nounbelow; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter) · bottom · beneath; underneath

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down · to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount · to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to fold

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbboarding; lodging; board and lodging; room and board · boarding house; lodging house; lodgings

Noununderwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verbto come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower · to hang; to dangle · to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration) · to lower; to reduce; to bring down · to demote; to move back; to pull back

Noundown-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route · down-slope; downward going · downbound (esp. away from Tokyo)

Godan verb - -aru special class, Transitive verbto give; to confer; to bestow · to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat) · to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to discharge · to withdraw (money)

Noununder (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.) · under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath · with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); in (e.g. the name of ...)

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto make a decision; to draw a conclusion · to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order · to let go down; to lower

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verbto descend; to go down; to come down · to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.) · to pass (of time)

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)

Nounlower house; lower legislative chamber

Noundying down (of a fire); waning · waning (of a trend, fad, popularity, epidemic, etc.); declining; ebbing · heat applied from below (e.g. in an oven or grill)

Nounthe earth below; the ground below · this world (as opposed to heaven)

Nounsecond half of the (fiscal) year

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'the following

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbpreliminary inspection; having a look in advance · preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes) · siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard

Nounlower limit · infimum

Nounnon-drinker; someone who cannot drink

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdescent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdescending a mountain; descent

Nounlower limbs; legs

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbalighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)

Nounhumble position; inferior · underarm grip on opponent's belt

Nounlast third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

Noundrainage; ditch; gutter; sewerage · sewage; black water

Noungeta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal · turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character · net; geta

Nounlowest price

Noungroundwork; foundation · inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge (of); grounding (in) · undercoat; first coat

Nounlow-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.) · Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

Nounlower part; substructure · subordinate (office); good and faithful servant

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'lower region; lower part; region below

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbresigning from (public) office · going out of power (of a party); going into opposition

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdepreciation; decline; fall; slump

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdiarrhea; diarrhoea

Noundownstream; lower reaches of a river · lower classes

Nounlower lip

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)please (give me) · please (do for me)

Nounabdomen; stomach; under parts

Noundownhill; downward slope; descent · decline; waning; ebb; (going) downhill

Noun, Suru verbdraft; rough copy

Nounsewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain