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Simple Dictionary Definition

Variations:
引き下ろす
引下ろす
引きおろす
引き降ろす

see styles
 hikiorosu
    ひきおろす
(transitive verb) to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone

Variations:
階段を下りる
階段を降りる
階段をおりる(sK)

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 kaidanooriru
    かいだんをおりる
(exp,v1) to go down the stairs

Variations:
降り積もる
降り積る(sK)
降積もる(sK)
降積る(sK)

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 furitsumoru
    ふりつもる
(v5r,vi) to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick

Variations:
幕を下ろす
幕を降ろす
幕をおろす
幕を下す(io)

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 makuoorosu
    まくをおろす
(exp,v5s) (See 幕を閉じる・まくをとじる) to come to an end; to lower the curtain

Variations:
猫耳を洗うと雨が降る
ねこ耳を洗うと雨が降る

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 nekomimioarautoamegafuru
    ねこみみをあらうとあめがふる
(exp,v5r) (rare) (proverb) (traditional belief) if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming

Variations:
腰を下ろす
腰をおろす
腰を降ろす
腰を下す(io)

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 koshioorosu
    こしをおろす
(exp,v5s) (See 腰を上げる・1) to sit down

Variations:
飛び下りる(P)
飛び降りる(P)
跳び降りる
飛降りる

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 tobioriru
    とびおりる
(v1,vi) to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

Variations:
上り下り(P)
昇り降り
登り下り
登り降り
上り降り
昇り下り

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 noborikudari(p); noboriori
    のぼりくだり(P); のぼりおり
(noun/participle) going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent

Variations:
降り立つ
下り立つ
降りたつ
おり立つ(sK)
下立つ(sK)
降立つ(sK)

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 oritatsu
    おりたつ
(v5t,vi) (1) to go down and stand; (v5t,vi) (2) to alight; to get down

Variations:
肩の荷が下りる
肩の荷がおりる
肩の荷が降りる
肩のにがおりる

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 katanonigaoriru
    かたのにがおりる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind

Variations:
駆け下りる
駆け降りる
駈け降りる
駆下りる
駆降りる
駈降りる(io)

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 kakeoriru
    かけおりる
(Ichidan verb) to run down (stairs, etc.)

Variations:
降りかかる火の粉は払わねばならぬ
降り懸かる火の粉は払わねばならぬ

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 furikakaruhinokohaharawanebanaranu
    ふりかかるひのこははらわねばならぬ
(expression) (proverb) you must protect yourself against any possible dangers; you have to brush off sparks that fall onto you

Variations:
積み降ろし
積み下ろし
積み卸し
積卸し
積みおろし
積下ろし
積降ろし
積卸(io)

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 tsumioroshi
    つみおろし
(noun/participle) loading and unloading

Variations:
清水の舞台から飛び降りる
清水の舞台から飛び下りる
清水の舞台から飛びおりる

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 kiyomizunobutaikaratobioriru
    きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple

Variations:
清水の舞台から飛び降りる
清水の舞台から飛び下りる
清水の舞台から飛びおりる(sK)

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 kiyomizunobutaikaratobioriru
    きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple

Variations:
降りかかる
降り掛かる
降り懸かる
降り掛る
降り懸る
降掛かる
降懸かる
降掛る
降懸る

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 furikakaru
    ふりかかる
(v5r,vi) (1) to fall onto; (v5r,vi) (2) to happen; to befall

Variations:
引きずり降ろす
引き摺り下ろす
引きずり下ろす
引きずりおろす
引き摺り降ろす
引き摺りおろす

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 hikizuriorosu
    ひきずりおろす
(transitive verb) (1) to drag down; to pull down; (transitive verb) (2) to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

Variations:
そうは問屋が卸さない
そうは問屋がおろさない
そうは問屋が下ろさない(sK)
そうは問屋が降ろさない(sK)
然うは問屋が卸さない(sK)

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 souhatonyagaorosanai / sohatonyagaorosanai
    そうはとんやがおろさない
(expression) (idiom) things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; the wholesaler won't sell it like that

Variations:
降りかかる
降り掛かる
降り懸かる(rK)
振りかかる(iK)
降り掛る(sK)
降り懸る(sK)
降掛かる(sK)
降懸かる(sK)
降掛る(sK)
降懸る(sK)
振り掛かる(sK)

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 furikakaru
    ふりかかる
(v5r,vi) (1) to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; (v5r,vi) (2) to befall; to happen (to)

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A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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