下り・降り|くだりkudari[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundown-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route
2. no-adjectivedown-slope; downward going
   ここの下くだりも手掛てがかりがないので危険きけんだ。↗

   The downclimb here is also dangerous as there are no handholds.
3. no-adjectivedownbound (esp. away from Tokyo)
4. noun, noun (prefix)downstream; downhill

• Related下降かこうNeutralA drop in position or level, often numerical, as in 「気温の下降」; 「下り」 is mostly for down-slopes and down trains.
• Related降下こうかNeutralA fall from a high place, as in 「パラシュート降下」; also the issuing of orders from above. Not used for slopes or trains.
• RelatedさがりNeutralA drop or drooping, as in 「値下がり」; unlike the standalone 「下り」, it mostly appears inside compounds.
• AntonymあがりNeutralA rise, and by extension income or completion; the direct opposite of 「下り」 is 「上り」, not 「上がり」.

「下り」 is the word for down-slopes and down trains. Say 「下降」 for drops in level or figures, 「降下」 for descending through the air, 「値下がり」 for falling prices. The direct opposite is 「上り」.

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1. 下おりること。
2. 鉄道てつどうなどで起点きてんから終点しゅうてんに向むかう方向ほうこう。また、その列車れっしゃ。
3. 北きたから南みなみへ向むかうこと。
4. 中心ちゅうしんから末端まったんへ向むかうこと。
5. 遠とおく隔へだたったところ。くんだり。