下ろす・降ろす・下す|おろすorosu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto take down; to bring down; to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.); to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.); to let down (hair); to launch (a boat)
   ２階かいからトランクを降おろしてきてくれませんか。↗

   Can you bring down my trunk from upstairs?
2. godan verb, transitive verbto drop off (a passenger); to let off; to unload (goods, a truck, etc.); to offload; to dischargeesp. 降ろす
   あの信号しんごうの手前てまえで降おろしてください。↗

   Please let me off on this side of that traffic light.
3. godan verb, transitive verbto withdraw (money)
   銀行ぎんこうで１０万いちれいまん下おろしてください。↗

   Please draw a hundred thousand yen from the bank.
4. godan verb, transitive verbto use for the first time; to wear for the first time
5. godan verb, transitive verbto cut off; to fillet (fish); to grate (e.g. radish); to prune (branches)
6. godan verb, transitive verbto remove (someone from a position); to oust; to dropesp. 降ろす
7. godan verb, transitive verbto clear (the table); to remove (offerings from an altar); to pass down (e.g. old clothes); to hand down
8. godan verb, transitive verbto expel from the body (e.g. worms); to abort (a fetus)
9. godan verb, transitive verbto invoke (a spirit); to call down

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• Synonym下げるさげるNeutralCovers lowering, hanging or withdrawing something (「頭を下げる」「値段を下げる」), a wider range than 「下ろす」.
• Synonym引き下げるひきさげるNeutralMainly lowers prices, rates or standards (「金利を引き下げる」), with the emphasis on cutting them; 「下ろす」 is the usual word for moving things down from a height.
• Synonym低めるひくめるWrittenWritten/formal prose for lowering something (「声を低める」); in everyday speech you would say 「下げる」.
• Synonym取り下ろすとりおろすNeutralTaking something down from a high place, but rare in daily use; people normally just say 「下ろす」.
• Synonym引き下ろすひきおろすNeutralMeans pulling something down with force, or dragging a person down from their position.
• Related落とすおとすNeutralCovers dropping or losing things, and deliberate reduction (「速度を落とす」); 「下ろす」 stresses lowering something from a high place.
• Related陸揚げりくあげNeutralUnloading a ship's cargo onto land (「陸揚げ港」); a noun for port work, not the general act of putting things down.
• Related水揚げみずあげNeutralLanding a catch of fish, or a shop's takings; mostly heard in fishing and business contexts.
• Related荷揚げにあげNeutralUnloading cargo from a ship, mainly in port operations.
• Related倒すたおすNeutralMeans knocking something over or defeating someone; a different action from 「下ろす」, which simply moves something down to a lower position.
• Related積み下ろすつみおろすNeutralSpecifically unloading cargo that has been loaded (「荷物を積み下ろす」); narrower than 「下ろす」.
• AntonymあげるNeutralThe direct opposite: lifting or raising something rather than taking it down.
• Antonym上すのぼすWrittenWritten/formal prose for raising something or bringing up a topic (「議題に上す」); rarely used today.

Use 「下ろす」 for taking something down from a high place, unloading, or dropping off a passenger. For lowering a value say 「下げる」, for cutting prices 「引き下げる」, for dropping 「落とす」, and for unloading cargo 「積み下ろす」. The opposite is 「上げる」.

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

1. 高たかい所ところから低ひくい所ところへ移うつす。
2. 預あずけていた金銭きんせんなどを引き出ひきだす。
3. 役所やくしょや目上めうえの者ものが許可きょか・金品きんぴんを与あたえる。
4. 神かみや霊れいを、天界てんかいなどから現世げんせに現あらわれさせる。時じに、人ひとにのりうつらせる。
5. 地位ちい・役割やくわりなどから退しりぞかせる。
6. 乗り物のりものから外そとへ出だす。
7. 勝負しょうぶに加くわわるのをやめさせる。
8. 負担ふたんになっていたものを無なくす。
9. （気候きこうなどが）霜そう・露ろなどを生しょうじさせる。
10. 流産りゅうざんさせる。
11. 本体ほんたいから切り離きりはなす。
12. 魚さかなや肉にくを解体かいたいする。
13. すって細こまかくする。
14. 新あたらしい衣類いるい・道具どうぐなどをはじめて使つかう。
15. 扉とびらをしめる。かぎをかける。