降こう格かく

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降格する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	降こう格かくする	降こう格かくしない
Polite	降こう格かくします	降こう格かくしません
Past polite	降こう格かくしました	降こう格かくしませんでした
Past	降こう格かくした	降こう格かくしなかった
Te-form	降こう格かくして	降こう格かくしないで
Desire	降こう格かくしたい	降こう格かくしたくない
Potential	降こう格かくできる	降こう格かくできない
Passive	降こう格かくされる	降こう格かくされない
Causative	降こう格かくさせる	降こう格かくさせない
Causative passive	降こう格かくさせられる	降こう格かくさせられない
Volitional	降こう格かくしよう
Polite volitional	降こう格かくしましょう
Imperative	降こう格かくしろ	降こう格かくするな
Conditional	降こう格かくすれば	降こう格かくしなければ
Tara conditional	降こう格かくしたら	降こう格かくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

demotion; relegation; downgrading

Used for lowering of rank, status, or position, often in organizational, sports, or rating contexts. Can be used both transitively (someone demotes someone) and intransitively (someone is demoted).

Antonyms: 昇格

彼かれはミスが原げん因いんで降こう格かくになった。
He was demoted because of his mistake.
チームは最さい下か位いで降こう格かくが決きまった。
The team's relegation was confirmed with a last-place finish.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を降こう格かくするto demote someone
会かい社しゃは彼かれを係かかり長ちょうに降こう格かくした。
The company demoted him to assistant manager.
〈人ひと〉が降こう格かくになるto be demoted (without naming who caused it)
彼かれは業ぎょう績せき不ふ振しんで降こう格かくになった。
He was demoted due to poor performance.
〈場ば所しょ〉に降こう格かくするto be relegated to (a lower division, tier, etc.)
そのチームは来らい季き、2部ぶに降こう格かくする。
The team will be relegated to the second division next season.

Kanji

降descend, precipitate, fall
格status, rank, capacity

Transitive / intransitive

降格 can be used transitively, as in 会社が彼を降格した (the company demoted him), or intransitively, as in 彼は降格した (he was demoted).

Related words

降こう級きゅう
降級 is used for dropping a grade, class, or level (e.g. a license class or school grade), while 降格 more broadly covers rank or status demotion in organizations and sports.
左さ遷せんN1
左遷 specifically implies being transferred to a lesser, often remote post as a punitive move, whereas 降格 just means one's rank or title is lowered, with or without relocation.
引ひき下さげるN1
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.
下さげるN4
降格する is a formal word meaning to demote in rank, while 下げる can also describe demoting someone in everyday speech.

Opposites

昇しょう格かく
promotion; advancement; raising of status
登とう用よう
降格 means demotion to a lower rank, the opposite of 登用, which means being promoted or appointed to a higher post.
昇しょう進しんN2
昇進 means moving up in rank, while 降格 means being demoted to a lower rank.
残ざん留りゅう
In sports contexts 降格 (being relegated) is the opposite of 残留 (surviving/staying in the league).

Don't confuse with

減げん給きゅう
減給 means a pay cut, while 降格 means a lowering of rank or position; the two often happen together but are not the same penalty.

Word family

降こう格かく圏けん
relegation zone
降こう格かく人じん事じ
demotion; personnel demotion
降こう格かく処しょ分ぶん
disciplinary demotion; punishment by demotion

Etymology

Compound of 降 (descend, fall) and 格 (status, rank). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with lowering of rank.