depreciation; price fall
Used in economic contexts for a decrease in value or price.
The decline in stock prices continues.
punch line (of a rakugo story)
Specific to rakugo (traditional comic storytelling); the final punch line or conclusion.
See also: 落語
The punch line of this rakugo story is very funny.
sword strap
Archaic abbreviation of 下げ緒, a cord used to attach a sword to the waist.
See also: 下げ緒
In the afternoon, stock prices turned downward.
The lowering of the flag takes place in the evening.
The samurai tied the sword strap around his waist.
The rakugo storyteller delivered the punch line at the end of the story.
There was a sharp decline in the market today.
下げ is a plain, everyday noun for a decrease, while 低下 is the more formal word used in written or technical contexts for a decline.
下げ can casually refer to a price drop, but 下落 is the standard economic term specifically for a fall in price or value.
下げ is the traditional rakugo term for the punch line, while 落ち is the broader, everyday word for a joke's or story's punch line.
下げ is the noun form referring to the act or result of lowering, while 下げる is the transitive verb meaning to lower or hang something.
hang; suspend; wear (a decoration) · lower; reduce; bring down · demote; move back; pull back · clear (plates); remove (food from table/altar) · keep playing after forming a scoring combination (hanafuda)
price cut; price reduction; markdown
reduction; cut; lowering
withdrawal; retraction; dropping
sale of government assets; disposal
hang; suspend; dangle
demotion; downgrading
raising and lowering · fluctuation; rise and fall · praising and belittling · setting out and clearing away · ebb and flow · rising and falling; modulation
devaluation; markdown; write-down; undercutting
Standard kanji spelling for the noun form of 下げる.
Outdated kanji usage; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Outdated kanji usage; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Nominalized form of the verb 下げる (sageru, 'to lower'). The rakugo sense derives from the idea of 'bringing down' the story to its conclusion.
postponement; deferment; moving down
cancellation; withdrawal · refusing; begging off; asking to be excused
interest rate cut; reduction in interest rates
braids; pigtails; wearing hair in braids
pay cut; wage reduction
extent of decrease; degree of reduction
drop curtain
down-bow
tag; label
ebb tide; falling tide
wing flap
push on the control stick; forward stick
downturn; decline; falling market
hair hanging down the back; pigtail; ponytail
decrease in land prices; land price decline