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下がる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	下さがる	下さがらない
Polite	下さがります	下さがりません
Past polite	下さがりました	下さがりませんでした
Past	下さがった	下さがらなかった
Te-form	下さがって	下さがらないで
Desire	下さがりたい	下さがりたくない
Potential	下さがれる	下さがれない
Passive	下さがられる	下さがられない
Causative	下さがらせる	下さがらせない
Causative passive	下さがらせられるalso 下さがらされる	下さがらせられないalso 下さがらされない
Volitional	下さがろう
Polite volitional	下さがりましょう
Imperative	下さがれ	下さがるな
Conditional	下さがれば	下さがらなければ
Tara conditional	下さがったら	下さがらなかったら

Pairs with下げる

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

come down; go down; fall; drop; sink; get lower

General intransitive verb for something moving downward, decreasing, or lowering in position, level, or value. Antonym: 上がる.

Antonyms: 上がる

気き温おんが急きゅうに下さがった。
The temperature suddenly dropped.
物ぶっ価かが少すこし下さがった。
Prices went down a little.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

hang; dangle

Describes something hanging down or dangling from a point, such as a curtain, ornament, or hair.

カーテンが床ゆかまで下さがっている。
The curtain hangs down to the floor.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

move back; step back; withdraw; retire

Used for physically stepping backward, retreating, or withdrawing from a position or situation.

一いっ歩ぽ下さがってください。
Please step back one step.
彼かれは会かい長ちょうの座ざから下さがった。
He retired from the position of chairman.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

deteriorate; fall off; be downgraded

Refers to a decline in quality, performance, or status; often used for grades, skills, or conditions worsening.

最さい近きん、成せい績せきが下さがってしまった。
My grades have fallen recently.
品ひん質しつが下さがると客きゃくが離はなれる。
If quality deteriorates, customers will leave.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

get closer to the present day

Used in historical or chronological contexts to indicate moving forward in time toward the present; often with dates or periods.

時じ代だいが下さがるにつれて、言こと葉ばも変かわる。
As time goes on, language also changes.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

play a sagari; extend downwards

usually written using kana alonego (game)

Go (game) term: to extend a stone downward along the side of the board. Usually written in katakana as サガる.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の値ね段だんが下さがるthe price of a thing drops
最さい近きん、野や菜さいの値ね段だんが下さがった。
Vegetable prices have dropped recently.
〈場ば所しょ〉から〈物もの〉が下さがるsomething hangs down from a place
天てん井じょうからシャンデリアが下さがっている。
A chandelier hangs from the ceiling.
後うしろに下さがるto step backward
危あぶないので後うしろに下さがってください。
It's dangerous, so please step back.
成せい績せきが下さがるone's grades decline
テレビを見みすぎて成せい績せきが下さがった。
My grades dropped because I watched too much TV.
熱ねつが下さがるone's fever goes down
薬くすりを飲のんだら熱ねつが下さがった。
After taking the medicine, my fever went down.

Expressions· 7

頭あたまが下さがるadmire greatly; take one's hat off to
右みぎ下さがりdownward-sloping to the right; declining; shrinking
一いっ歩ぽ下さがるtake a step backward · step back; distance oneself; take a back seat · behave humbly · budge a little; make a concession
右みぎ肩かた下さがりdeclining; decreasing; shrinking
株かぶが下さがるfall in public esteem; fall in value (stocks)

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溜りゅう飲いんが下さがるfeel relieved; feel satisfied
実みのるほど頭あたまの下さがる稲いな穂ほかなthe more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

Kanji

下below, down, descend
退retreat, withdraw, retire

Transitive / intransitive

下さげるN4sense 1
下げる is the transitive verb meaning to lower something, while 下がる is intransitive, describing something going down on its own.

Related words

落おちるN4sense 4
落ちる suggests a sudden or complete drop or failure, while 下がる describes a gradual decrease in level, value, or quality.
退しりぞくN1sense 3
退く is a more formal word for stepping back or withdrawing, whereas 下がる is the everyday word for the same physical movement.
降こう下か
下がる is the everyday verb for going down or decreasing, while 降下する is a more formal, technical term used in written or specialized contexts.

Opposites

上あがるN5sense 1
rise; go up; ascend; be raised · come in; enter a house; go inside · enter school; move up a grade · get out of water; come ashore; be washed ashore · float to the surface; surface; rise to the water's surface · increase; rise; be raised · improve; make progress · be promoted; advance in rank · produce a profit; yield a result; bring about a favorable outcome · come to no more than; be enough to cover; be settled for · be finished; be done; be completed · stop raining; clear up · stop working; give out; die · go out; win; finish first in a game · be raised aloud; be heard loudly · get fired up; become excited; erupt in excitement · get nervous; freeze up; get stage fright · be offered; be presented to the gods · go; visit · eat; drink · serve in a master's household · visit a brothel; go to a red-light district · finish doing; be completed · happen intensely; do strongly; become violently · north of; above
揚あがる
be deep-fried · be hoisted up; soar up; be raised towards the sky · well up (of emotions); become stronger (of feelings) · stand out; be striking; be conspicuous · rise; go up; ascend; be raised · get out (of water); come ashore; be hauled onto land · float atop the water; surface; rise to the surface · be spoken loudly; be raised (of a voice) · enter a red light district; visit a brothel
戻もどすN4
戻す describes a price rebounding after a drop, while 下がる describes the price continuing to fall.

Don't confuse with

降おりるN5sense 1
下りる is used for descending stairs or getting off a vehicle, while 下がる more often describes a level or position lowering or stepping backward.
下くだるN3
下がる means to go down, drop, or retreat in a general sense such as prices or temperature, while 下る specifically describes moving downward along a route, time period, or official decision.

Word family· 25

下さがりN1
fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting downward · sumo wrestler's ornamental apron strings · food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs · leaving one's master's place for home · a little after ... · sagari (Go term); extending a group of stones toward the edge
ぶら下さがるN1
hang down; dangle; be suspended · be within reach; dangle before one's eyes · be completely reliant on; be entirely dependent on
昼ひる下さがりN1
early afternoon
値ね下さがりN2
price decline; fall in price
お下さがり
hand-me-down · food offering to the gods · leftovers · trip from Kyoto to the provinces

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ぶら下さがり
doorstepping; ambush interview; lying in wait to corner someone · hanging; dangling
引ひき下さがるN1
withdraw; leave; retire · back down; give up
成なり下さがる
fall in status; be degraded; come down in the world
垂たれ下さがる
hang down; dangle; droop
食くい下さがるN1
cling to; hang on to · persist; hound; refuse to back down · sumo technique: grab the mawashi and lower one's hips
下さがり松まつ
drooping pine
下さがり目め
downward-slanting eyes · declining trend; downward tendency
サガリバナ
powder-puff tree; Barringtonia racemosa
値ね下さがる
decline in price; fall in price
前まえ下さがり
front part low; front part hanging down
宿やど下さがり
leave allowed a servant; short-term leave for a domestic worker
尻しり下さがり
falling intonation; downward pitch · downward trend; decline
繰くり下さがる
be moved back; be postponed · be borrowed (in subtraction)
ずり下さがる
slide down; slip down
やに下さがる
be complacent; look self-satisfied

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Written forms

下さがるUsage90%
Standard kanji spelling for most senses.
さがるUsage8%
退さがるUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in modern writing.
下さがるUsage<1%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; rarely seen.
サガるUsage<1%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling used in the go (game) sense.

Etymology

From classical 下がる, the intransitive counterpart of 下げる.