下側|したがわshitagawa
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Definitions
- no-adjectiveunderside
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym底そこNeutralNeutral word for the bottom of a container or of terrain, also the sole of a shoe; it stresses the very lowest part.
- Synonym底面ていめんNeutralNeutral term for the bottom face of an object, also the base of a solid figure; it stresses the lowest face itself rather than the lower side in general.
- Synonym下面かめんWrittenWritten/formal prose term for the face turned downward, often technical; in everyday speech 「下側」 is the usual choice.
- Antonym上側うわかわNeutralThe upper side of an object; the direct opposite of 「下側」.
Use 「下側」 for the lower side of an object. For the bottommost face say 「底面」, and for the bottom of a container or terrain 「底」; 「下面」 is written/technical. 「上側」 is its opposite, the upper side.
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Japanese definitions
- 下の側。下方。
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