See also: 下す

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "下ろす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
下ろす [òróꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 下ろせ [òróꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 下ろされる ろされ [òrósáréꜜrù]
Causative 下ろさせる ろさせ [òrósáséꜜrù]
Potential 下ろせる ろせ [òróséꜜrù]
Volitional 下ろそう ろそ [òrósóꜜò]
Negative 下ろさない ろさない [òrósáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 下ろさなかった ろさなかった [òrósáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 下ろします ろしま [òróshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 下ろした した [òróꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 下ろして して [òróꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 下ろせば せば [òróꜜsèbà]

Verb edit

()ろす (orosutransitive godan (stem ()ろし (oroshi), past ()ろした (oroshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 下ろす
mediopassive 下りる
  1. Alternative form of 降ろす, to unload; to drop off; to lower
  2. to cut; to prune
  3. to renew, to make anew
  4. Alternative form of 卸す, to sell wholesale; to grate

Usage notes edit

The relationship between 下ろす and 降ろす (both pronounced おろす orosu, and with partially overlapping meanings) is subtle. See the note at 降ろす.

Conjugation edit