さがり・下がりsagari[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounfall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward)
2. noun, sumostring apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt
3. nounfood offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downsusu. as お下がり
4. nounleaving (one's master's place for home)
5. noun (suffix), nouna little after ...
6. noun, gosagari; to extend a group of stones towards the edge of the boardusu. サガリ

• Synonym下降かこうNeutralDescent in position or degree, as in 「気温の下降」; an objective term, whereas 「下がり」 usually appears inside compounds.
• Synonym低下ていかNeutralA drop in ability or quality, as in 「視力の低下」; stresses deterioration rather than simple downward movement.
• Synonym下落げらくNeutralA fall in prices or the market; centers on loss of value, so it suits stocks and commodities, not physical position.
• Synonym降下こうかNeutralDescent from a height, or an order handed down from above, as in 「降下訓練」; focuses on height.
• Synonym低落ていらくWrittenA drop in value or popularity; written/formal prose, and not often used.
• Synonym減りへりCasualColloquial word for decrease or consumption, as in 「減りが早い」; everyday speech rather than prose.
• Synonym下垂かすいWrittenHanging or drooping down, of branches and the like; also a medical term, as in 「胃下垂」; written register.
• Related減少げんしょうNeutralA decrease in quantity — population, income, stock levels; about amounts, never about position moving down.
• Related縮小しゅくしょうNeutralShrinking of scale or scope — a business, a project; the stress is on something becoming smaller overall.
• Related減量げんりょうNeutralA cut in weight or quantity, especially body weight — dieting; about amounts, not position.
• Related低減ていげんNeutralLowering or cutting a level, as in 「コスト低減」; leans technical and business.
• Related減退げんたいNeutralDecline of functions such as appetite or stamina; stresses weakening, not a drop in position or number.
• Related漸減ぜんげんWrittenA gradual, progressive decrease; written/formal prose, stressing the slow pace.
• Related損減そんげんWrittenDecrease or depletion; written/formal prose and rarely used.
• Related減数げんすうNeutralA decrease in number; also the mathematical subtrahend; centers on counts.
• Related減損げんそんNeutralLoss or diminution of assets; in accounting it means impairment, so it leans financial.
• Related累減るいげんWrittenDecreasing in stages, cumulatively; written/formal prose and rarely used.
• Related落ち込みおちこみNeutralA slump in figures or the economy, or low spirits, as in 「需要の落ち込み」; duration doesn't matter.
• Related減げんNeutralReduction; rarely used alone, working mostly as a compound element in words like 「減税」.
• AntonymあがりNeutralAntonym: a rise or increase, also income or completion; the direct opposite of 「下がり」.
• Antonym上昇じょうしょうNeutralAntonym: rising in position or degree; the opposite of 「下がり」.

Use 「下がり」 for things that drop, lower, or hang down, mostly inside compounds like 「値下がり」「昼下がり」「お下がり」. For objective decline pick 「下降」 or 「低下」, for falling prices 「下落」, and for the opposite 「上がり」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （位置いち、価値かち、程度ていどなどが）低下ていかすること。
2. 上うえから下したへ垂れ下たれさがること。
3. ある時刻じこくを過すぎること。
4. 神仏しんぶつに一度いちど供そなえた後あとに下さげられたもの。また、目上めうえや年上としうえの者ものから譲ゆずられた中古ちゅうこの物もの。
5. 未払金みはらいきん。
6. 力士りきしのまわしにつけられる紐ひも状じょうの飾かざり。