Kanji: 下

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:	一 Radical name: いち
Meaning:	Below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 100 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	靴下(くつした)	Socks
N5	下(した)	Below
N5	地下鉄(ちかてつ)	underground train
N5	下手(へた)	unskillful
N5	廊下(ろうか)	corridor
N4	以下(いか)	less than
N4	下(お)りる	to get off
N4	下宿(げしゅく)	lodging
N4	下(さが)る	to get down, to descend
N4	下(さ)げる	to hang, to lower, to move back
N4	下着(したぎ)	underwear
N3	下(おろ)す	to lower, to let go down
N3	下(くだ)さる	(hon) to give, to confer
N3	下(くだ)り	down-train (going away from Tokyo)
N3	下(げ)	under, below, beneath
N3	下(しも)	under, below, beneath
N3	地下(ちか)	basement, underground
N2	下降(かこう)	downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence
N2	下線(かせん)	underline, underscore
N2	下(くだ)る	to get down, to descend
N2	下車(げしゃ)	alighting, getting off
N2	下旬(げじゅん)	month (last third of)
N2	下水(げすい)	drainage, sewage, ditch, gutter, sewerage
N2	下駄(げた)	geta (Japanese footwear), wooden clogs
N2	下品(げひん)	vulgarity, meanness, indecency, coarseness
N2	下書(したが)き	rough copy, draft
N2	下町(したまち)	Shitamachi, lower parts of town
N2	上下(じょうげ)	high and low, up and down, unloading and loading, praising and blaming
N2	地下水(ちかすい)	underground water
N2	低下(ていか)	fall, decline, lowering, deterioration
N2	見下(みお)ろす	to overlook, to command a view of, to look down on something
N2	目下(めした)	at present, now
N1	上下(うえした)	high and low, up and down, unloading and loading, praising and blaming
N1	下位(かい)	low rank, subordinate, lower order (e.g. byte)
N1	下番(かばん)	going off duty
N1	下品(かひん)	inferior article
N1	下吏(かり)	lower official
N1	下痢(げり)	diarrhoea
N1	下(さ)がる	to hang down, to abate, to retire, to fall, to step back
N1	下心(したごころ)	secret intention, motive
N1	下調(したしら)べ	preliminary investigation, preparation
N1	下地(したじ)	groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge of, grounding in, prearrangement, spade
N1	下取(したど)り	trade in, part exchange
N1	下火(したび)	burning low, waning, declining
N1	城下(じょうか)	land near the castle
N1	引(ひ)き下(さ)げる	to pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw
N1	部下(ぶか)	subordinate person
N1	ぶら下(さ)げる	to hang, to suspend, to dangle, to swing
N1	真下(ました)	right under, directly below
N1	落下(らっか)	fall, drop, come down