Expressions· 21 おかけください please sit down; please have a seat 肩かた の 荷に が 下お りる feel relieved of a burden; have a weight lifted off one's shoulders 政せい 権けん 下か under the ... administration; within the ... government 城下じょうか の 盟ちかい capitulation; surrender; treaty signed under coercion 脚きゃっ 下か 照しょう 顧こ look carefully where your own footsteps fall; know thyself; seek enlightenment by self-reflection Show 3 more Show fewer コンマ 以い 下か after the decimal point; below the decimal · of no account; beneath notice 幕まく が 下お りる the curtain falls; come to an end See all 21 in Explore →
Related words 下 (か ) marks being under a condition, influence, or era (戦争下 , 政権下 ), while 中 (ちゅう ) marks being in the middle of an ongoing action or state (会議中 , 工事中 ).
Word family· 221 not exceeding; not more than; … and under; … or fewer · below (a standard, level, etc.); under; less than · the following; the below-mentioned; the rest · including ...; ... and other (employees, officials, etc.)
lower rank; lower position; subordinate position · lower-order; less significant
underground; below the ground · the grave; world of the dead · underground (activities); secret; illegal
fall; decline; drop; deterioration
subordinate; staff member under one's supervision
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foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
dropping; airdrop; throwing down · investment; injection of capital
fall; drop; descent
lower body; lower half of the body
lower part; bottom section; substructure · subordinate office; lower-level organization · subordinate; loyal servant; faithful servant
descent; drop; fall; decrease · passing down an order; transmission of a decree
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
corridor; hallway; passageway
rejection; dismissal
Excellency
under the umbrella of; affiliated with; under the jurisdiction of
newly written work; original work
Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness
lower house; lower chamber
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn
lower layer; layer beneath · lower strata; lower classes
downstream; lower reaches of a river · lower classes; lower strata of society
lower grade; low class; junior
directly under; immediately below; directly subordinate to · fall straight down; drop vertically
lower part; lower region; below
in the moonlight; under the moon
followers; subordinates; those under one's command
hang down; dangle; be suspended · be within reach; dangle before one's eyes · be completely reliant on; be entirely dependent on
lower limit; minimum · infimum
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Written forms 下か Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling for this suffix.
カ Usage <1%
Etymology From the kanji 下 meaning 'below' or 'under', used as a suffix to express being under a condition or during a period.
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