下ろす | Japanese meaning

下ろす【おろす】

Frequency rank: 2,860.

Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb

to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat)
to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to dischargeesp. 降ろす
to withdraw (money)
to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to cut off; to fillet (fish); to grate (e.g. radish); to prune (branches)
to remove (someone from a position); to oust; to dropesp. 降ろす
to clear (the table); to remove (offerings from an altar); to pass down (e.g. old clothes); to hand down
to expel from the body (e.g. worms); to abort (a fetus)see also 堕ろす
to invoke (a spirit); to call down

Forms

下ろす【おろす】Frequency rank: 2,860.
降ろす【おろす】Frequency rank: 3,944. – 3,948.
下す【おろす】Frequency rank: 4,720. – 4,728.
おろすFrequency rank: 10,787. – 10,807.

Generated definitions (experimental)

to take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat)

This usage refers to physically moving something from a higher position to a lower position.

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After sunset, I lowered the shutter.

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Launch the boat into the water.

to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to discharge

This meaning involves allowing someone or something to leave a vehicle or removing goods from a transport.

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I dropped off my friend at the station.

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Unload the goods from the truck.

to withdraw (money)

This usage indicates taking out money from an account or a place.

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I will withdraw money from the bank.

to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

This meaning is about utilizing or trying something for the initial time, like clothing or equipment.

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I wore new clothes for the first time.

to cut off; to fillet (fish); to grate (e.g. radish); to prune (branches)

This usage involves slicing, grating, or trimming something.

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Grating radish is hard work.

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I pruned the branches of the tree.

to remove (someone from a position); to oust; to drop

This meaning refers to displacing or removing someone from a role or position.

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They ousted him from the position of president.

to clear (the table); to remove (offerings from an altar); to pass down (e.g. old clothes); to hand down

This usage involves tidying up, taking away items from a location, or passing on items to others.

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Clear the dishes from the table.

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I removed the offerings from the household Shinto altar.

to expel from the body (e.g. worms); to abort (a fetus)

This meaning is about getting rid of something within the body or terminating a pregnancy.

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Expel parasites from the body.

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To abort a pregnancy.

to invoke (a spirit); to call down

This usage involves summoning or calling upon supernatural entities.

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A ritual to invoke spirits was conducted.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to lowerto let down (one's hair)to take down the flagnewly worn clothesunloaded luggageto withdraw moneyto drop off at the tunnelto remove unused itemsto clear down after cleaninggoods being offloadedto cut off in order to lowerto invoke a spiritto remove a graduate from the listto call down for revenge

Example sentences

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1. 、、。

If you throw something like that down, if someone's unlucky enough to be hit they'll be injured.

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