下降

Chinese

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
 
trad. (下降)
simp. #(下降)
anagram 降下

Pronunciation


Verb

下降

  1. (literally) to drop; to fall; to descend
  2. (figuratively) to decline; to go down; to decrease
  3. (archaic, of a princess) to get married

Synonyms

Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
こう
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こー [kàkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ko̞ː]

Noun

()(こう) • (kakō

  1. descent, fall

Antonyms

Verb

()(こう)する • (kakō suruintransitive suru (stem ()(こう) (kakō shi), past ()(こう)した (kakō shita))

  1. descend, fall
    年々人気(ねんねんにんき)()(こう)している
    nennen ninki ga kakō shite iru
    its popularity has been going down year by year

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN