垂

Meaning

垂 centers on something hanging down loosely: drooping, suspending, or slouching. The idea of letting something hang extends naturally to causing something to hang (suspend) or adopting a drooping posture.

• 垂れたれ
  N1

  sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce)

• 垂直すいちょく
  N2

  vertical

• 垂らすたらす
  N1

  to dribble; to spill

• 垂れ流したれながし

  incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants

• 雁垂れがんだれ

  kanji "cliff" radical (radical 27)

• 垂水たるみ

  waterfall

• 垂れるたれる
  N1

  to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down

• 懸垂けんすい

  pull-up (exercise); chin-up; chinning

• 下垂かすい

  drooping; hanging down

• 垂れ込みたれこみ

  tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report

• 垂れ幕たれまく

  hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain

• 枝垂れしだれ

  weeping form (e.g. tree)

• 垂涎すいぜん

  avid desire; craving; thirst; envy

• 虫垂炎ちゅうすいえん

  appendicitis

• 項垂れるうなだれる

  to hang one's head; to droop one's head

• 垂れ下がるたれさがる

  to hang; to dangle

• 虫垂ちゅうすい

  (vermiform) appendix

• 脳下垂体のうかすいたい

  pituitary gland; pituitary body; hypophysis

• 野垂れ死にのたれじに

  dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death

• 垂木たるき

  rafter

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