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引き下げる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	引ひき下さげる	引ひき下さげない
Polite	引ひき下さげます	引ひき下さげません
Past polite	引ひき下さげました	引ひき下さげませんでした
Past	引ひき下さげた	引ひき下さげなかった
Te-form	引ひき下さげて	引ひき下さげないで
Desire	引ひき下さげたい	引ひき下さげたくない
Potential	引ひき下さげられるalso 引ひき下さげれる	引ひき下さげられないalso 引ひき下さげれない
Passive	引ひき下さげられる	引ひき下さげられない
Causative	引ひき下さげさせる	引ひき下さげさせない
Causative passive	引ひき下さげさせられる	引ひき下さげさせられない
Volitional	引ひき下さげよう
Polite volitional	引ひき下さげましょう
Imperative	引ひき下さげろ	引ひき下さげるな
Conditional	引ひき下さげれば	引ひき下さげなければ
Tara conditional	引ひき下さげたら	引ひき下さげなかったら

Pairs with引き下がる

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

lower; reduce; cut

Used for lowering prices, taxes, standards, or numerical levels. Often appears in economic or policy contexts.

政せい府ふは消しょう費ひ税ぜいを引ひき下さげることを検けん討とうしている。
The government is considering lowering the consumption tax.
その店みせは全ぜん商しょう品ひんの価か格かくを引ひき下さげた。
The store reduced the prices of all its products.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

demote; lower in rank

Used for demoting someone or lowering a position, status, or rank. Less common than sense 1.

彼かれはミスが続つづいたため、課か長ちょうから係かかり長ちょうに引ひき下さげられた。
He was demoted from section chief to subsection chief due to repeated mistakes.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

withdraw; abandon

Used for withdrawing or abandoning a proposal, request, plan, or demand. Often implies pulling back something that was put forward.

組くみ合あいは賃ちん上あげ要よう求きゅうを引ひき下さげた。
The union withdrew its wage increase demand.
彼かれはその提てい案あんを引ひき下さげざるを得えなかった。
He had no choice but to withdraw the proposal.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

withdraw; pull back

Used for withdrawing troops, forces, or personnel from a position. Also used for pulling back or moving something back physically.

軍ぐんは国こっ境きょうから部ぶ隊たいを引ひき下さげた。
The military withdrew its troops from the border.
彼かれは一いっ歩ぽ後うしろに足あしを引ひき下さげた。
He pulled his foot back one step.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の価か格かくを引ひき下さげるto lower the price of something
会かい社しゃは新しん製せい品ひんの価か格かくを引ひき下さげた。
The company lowered the price of its new product.
〈人ひと〉の地ち位いを引ひき下さげるto lower someone's rank or status
彼かれは不ふ正せいのため地ち位いを引ひき下さげられた。
He was demoted because of misconduct.
〈事こと〉を引ひき下さげるto withdraw a proposal, request, or demand
会かい社しゃはその提てい案あんを引ひき下さげた。
The company withdrew the proposal.
〈場ば所しょ〉から〈人ひと〉を引ひき下さげるto withdraw troops or personnel from a place
政せい府ふは国こっ境きょうから軍ぐんを引ひき下さげた。
The government withdrew troops from the border.
〈数かず〉引ひき下さげるto lower by a certain amount or percentage
政せい府ふは税ぜい率りつを2パーセント引ひき下さげた。
The government lowered the tax rate by two percent.

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
下below, down, descend

Transitive / intransitive

引ひき下さがるN1
引き下げる is transitive (someone lowers or withdraws something), while 引き下がる is intransitive (someone or something withdraws or backs down on its own).

Related words

下さげるN4sense 1
下げる is the plain, general verb for lowering or hanging something, while 引き下げる specifically implies pulling down something previously set, like a price or demand.
降こう格かく sense 2
降格する is the specific term for demoting someone in rank, while 引き下げる can describe demotion more broadly along with other kinds of lowering.
撤てっ回かいN1sense 3
撤回する means to formally retract a statement or proposal, closely matching 引き下げる's sense of withdrawing something put forward.
撤てっ収しゅう sense 4
撤収する means to pull back or pack up troops or equipment, similar to 引き下げる's sense of withdrawing forces from a place.
減へらすN4sense 1
減らす focuses on decreasing quantity or amount, whereas 引き下げる emphasizes lowering a set level such as a price or rate.

Opposites

引ひき上あげるN1
引き上げる means to raise or increase something, the direct opposite of 引き下げる's sense of lowering or reducing.

Don't confuse with

引ひき下さがるN1
引き下げる is a transitive verb meaning to lower something (like a price), while 引き下がる is intransitive and means to withdraw or back down oneself.

Word family

引ひき下さげ
reduction; cut; lowering
金きん利り引ひき下さげ
interest rate cut

Built from

引ひく+下さげる

Written forms

引ひき下さげるUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling.
引ひき下さげるUsage12%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not commonly used in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 引き (hiki, continuative form of 引く 'to pull') + 下げる (sageru, 'to lower'). The combination literally means 'to pull down' and extends to abstract lowering or withdrawal.