下り

くだり

Also written 降り

Meanings

1. Noun down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route
2. Noun, の-adjective down-slope; downward going
3. の-adjective, Noun downbound (esp. away from Tokyo)
4. Noun, Noun prefix downstream; downhill Antonym: 上り (のぼり).

Kanji

• 下 down. Read as くだり.

Example sentences

• ここの下りも手掛かりがないので危険だ。
  The downclimb here is also dangerous as there are no handholds.

Common phrases

• 下りになる
• 下りに入る
• 下りがある

Words containing 下り

• 下り坂 (くだりざか) downhill
• 下り線 (くだりせん) down line
• 天下り (あまくだり) retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation

And 16 more.

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