Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
くだ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
降る

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "下る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
下る だる [kùdárú]
Imperative (命令形) 下れ だれ [kùdáré]
Key constructions
Passive 下られる だられる [kùdárárérú]
Causative 下らせる だらせる [kùdárásérú]
Potential 下れる だれる [kùdárérú]
Volitional 下ろう だろ [kùdáróꜜò]
Negative 下らない だらない [kùdáránáí]
Negative perfective 下らなかった だらなかった [kùdáránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 下ります だりま [kùdárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 下った だった [kùdáttá]
Conjunctive 下って だって [kùdátté]
Hypothetical conditional 下れば だれ [kùdáréꜜbà]

Verb

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(くだ) (kudaruintransitive godan (stem (くだ) (kudari), past (くだ)った (kudatta))

Japanese verb pair
active (くだ)
mediopassive (くだ)
  1. descend
  2. hand down an order, issue, sentence
  3. surrender
  4. have diarrhea
Conjugation
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See also

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Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
さ(が)
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 下る – see the following entry.
がる
[verb] to hang (down)
[verb] to fall, descend
[verb] to stand back; to withdraw
(This term, 下る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)