降

Meaning

降 centers on downward movement: descending, falling, or precipitating. The surrender sense extends this as lowering oneself or yielding.

• 以降いこう
  N3

  on and after; from ... onward; since

• 降るふる
  N5

  to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down

• 降伏こうふく
  N1

  surrender; capitulation; submission

• 降下こうか

  descent; fall; drop; (atmospheric) depression

• 降りるおりる
  N5

  to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down

• 降板こうばん

  leaving the mound; being knocked out

• 降水こうすい
  N1

  rainfall; precipitation

• 下降かこう
  N2

  descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

• 降格こうかく

  demotion; relegation; downgrading

• 投降とうこう

  surrender

• 降雨こうう

  rainfall; rain

• 霜降りしもふり

  speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

• 降参こうさん
  N1

  surrender; submission; capitulation

• 降雪こうせつ

  snowfall; snow

• 飛び降りるとびおりる
  N1

  to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

• 土砂降りどしゃぶり
  N1

  downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst

• 乗降じょうこう

  getting on and off; embarking and disembarking

• 乗り降りのりおり
  N1

  getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting

• 雨降りあめふり
  N1

  rainfall; rainy weather; rain

• 滑降かっこう

  descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; skiing down

• 降水量こうすいりょう
  N2

  amount of precipitation; precipitation

• 雨が降るあめがふる

  to rain

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