下げる|さげるsageru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto lower; to reduce; to bring down
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto demote; to move back; to pull back
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
- ichidan verb, transitive verb, hanafudato keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 下げる（さげる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 下げます（さげます） |
| Negative (nai) | 下げない（さげない） |
| polite (masen) | 下げません（さげません） |
| classical zu / nu | 下げず・下げぬ（さげず・さげぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 下げた（さげた） |
| polite (mashita) | 下げました（さげました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 下げなかった（さげなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 下げませんでした（さげませんでした） |
| Te form | 下げて（さげて） |
| Potential | 下げられる（さげられる） |
| Passive | 下げられる（さげられる） |
| Causative | 下げさせる（さげさせる） |
| Causative passive | 下げさせられる（さげさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 下げれば（さげれば） |
| tara | 下げたら（さげたら） |
| Volitional | 下げよう（さげよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 下げましょう（さげましょう） |
| Imperative | 下げろ（さげろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
気温を下げる
下がる focuses on the event or resulting state, as in 気温が下がる; 下げる foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 気温を下げる.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym引き下げるひきさげるNeutralLowers prices, taxes, standards etc. and can mean withdrawing a proposal, as in 「金利を引き下げる」; more formal than 「下げる」.
- Synonym低めるひくめるWrittenWritten/formal prose for lowering a position or sound, as in 「声を低める」; less common and more literary than 「下げる」.
- Synonym下ろすおろすNeutralTakes something down from a high place, as in 「荷物を下ろす」; also unloads goods or withdraws money; 「下げる」 is the usual choice for lowering figures or degrees.
- Related引き下ろすひきおろすNeutralHauls something down with force, or forces a powerful person from their position, as in 「旗を引き下ろす」; carries a coercive nuance 「下げる」 lacks.
- AntonymあげるNeutralThe antonym of 「下げる」: raises a position or increases a price, as in 「値段を上げる」「手を上げる」.
Use 「下げる」 by default for lowering something or reducing a value. 「引き下げる」 suits cutting prices or taxes; 「引き下ろす」 hauling something down; 「下ろす」 taking something down from a height; 「上げる」 is the opposite, to raise.
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Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
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