さがる・下がる・下るsagaru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower
2. godan verb, intransitive verbto hang; to dangle
   ランプは天井てんじょうから下さがっていた。↗

   The lamp hung from the ceiling.
3. godan verb, intransitive verbto move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire
4. godan verb, intransitive verbto deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded
5. godan verb, intransitive verbto get closer to the present day
6. godan verb, intransitive verb, goto play a sagari; to extend downwardsusu. サガる

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• Synonym低下ていかWrittenA written-style noun for declines in ability, quality or level, as in 「視力の低下」; in speech you'd normally use the verb 「下がる」 instead.
• Synonym低落ていらくWrittenWritten prose for drops in value, price, popularity or reputation, as in 「株価が低落する」; in everyday speech 「下がる」 alone is enough.
• Synonym下落げらくWrittenRefers to falls in price, market value or rank, as in 「地価の下落」; common in economic reporting, while 「下がる」 works for anything that goes down.
• Synonym下降かこうNeutralA neutral noun for position or degree moving down, as in 「気温が下降する」; it sounds objective and written, so speech usually prefers 「下がる」.
• SynonymダウンCasualA colloquial loanword for going down, and also for being knocked out or laid low, as in 「風邪でダウン」; 「下がる」 has no 'knocked flat' sense.
• Synonym減るへるNeutralThe everyday verb for quantities getting smaller, as in 「体重が減る」; 「下がる」 is about position or a value dropping, as in 「熱が下がる」.
• Related落ちるおちるNeutralStresses an object dropping from where it was, and also grades or quality worsening; 「下がる」 isn't used for things dropping off, but can mean stepping back or hanging.
• Related落ち込むおちこむNeutralMeans feeling down or business slumping, with a dejected nuance, as in 「売上が落ち込む」; 「下がる」 just states the drop itself.
• Related後ずさりあとずさりNeutralA noun for backing away while facing forward, often with a shrinking feel, as in 「怖くて後ずさりする」; 「下がる」 covers stepping back for any reason.
• Related引き下がるひきさがるNeutralMeans withdrawing, backing down or giving up, as in 「黙って引き下がる」, stressing the abandoned claim; 「下がる」 is mostly physical backward movement.
• Related後退こうたいWrittenA written-style noun for moving backward, and for economic recession as in 「景気後退」; in speech, stepping back is usually 「下がる」.
• RelatedどくNeutralMeans stepping aside to clear the way, as in 「そこをどいて」; 「下がる」 is moving backward, not necessarily to make room.
• Related垂れるたれるNeutralCovers drooping and liquid dripping, as in 「頭を垂れる」 or 「水が垂れる」; 「下がる」 has no dripping sense.
• Related垂れ下がるたれさがるNeutralFor one end hanging down, as in 「カーテンが垂れ下がる」; it stresses a long, drooping look more than 「下がる」 does.
• Relatedぶら下がるぶらさがるCasualA colloquial word for hanging and swinging, or leaning on someone, as in 「鉄棒にぶら下がる」; 「下がる」 carries no swinging or dependence nuance.
• Related減少げんしょうWrittenA written, statistics-flavored noun for quantities shrinking, as in 「人口の減少」; 「下がる」 speaks of level or value, not amount.
• Related低減ていげんWrittenWritten prose for cutting or reducing, typically costs or risks, as in 「コストの低減」; in daily speech use 「下がる」 or 「減る」.
• Related吊り下がるつりさがるNeutralFor hanging suspended from above, as in 「電球が吊り下がる」; it highlights the suspended state more than the hanging sense of 「下がる」.
• Related枝垂れるしだれるWrittenA written word for branches or hair drooping softly, as in 「枝垂れ桜」; 「下がる」 applies to a much wider range of hanging things.
• Related落っこちるおっこちるCasualColloquial for tumbling down or failing an exam, as in 「穴に落っこちる」, roughly 「落ちる」; 「下がる」 isn't used for dropping into or off a place.
• Related下向くしたむくNeutralFor gazes turning downward or markets and conditions turning lower, as in 「景気が下向く」; it stresses the turn in trend, while 「下がる」 states the actual drop.
• RelatedしさるWrittenAn archaic written word for stepping backward; today you'd normally say 「下がる」 or 「後ずさりする」.
• Antonym上がるあがるNeutralThe direct opposite of 「下がる」: position moving up, or values, temperature and prices rising, as in 「熱が上がる」.
• Antonym上るのぼるNeutralThe variant 「上る」 is likewise the opposite of 「下がる」, and both are used for grades, status or skill improving, as in 「成績が上がる」 or 「腕が上がる」.

「下がる」 is the default for going down, stepping back or hanging. For declines in ability use 「低下」, for falling prices 「下落」, for things dropping 「落ちる」, and for hanging use 「垂れ下がる」 or 「ぶら下がる」; the antonym is 「上がる」.

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1. （一般的いっぱんてき意味いみ）高たかい位置いちから低ひくい位置いちに移動いどうする。
2. 近ちかい位置いちから遠とおい位置いちに移動いどうする。
3. 部屋へやなどを退出たいしゅつする。はなれる。
4. 数量すうりょうや価格かかく、価値かちが低ひくくなる。
5. 紐ひもなどで吊つるされ、下したにおかれる。