下向き|したむきshitamuki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpointing down; pointing downward
2. noun(market) decline; downturn; downward trend

• Related低下ていかNeutralRefers to levels or abilities dropping — the degree getting worse; unlike 「下向き」 it carries no sense of physically facing downward.
• Related下落げらくNeutralUsed for prices or market values falling; stresses a drop that has already happened, while 「下向き」 stresses the ongoing downward trend.
• Related後退こうたいNeutralMeans moving backwards and, as in 「景気後退」, economic recession; stresses setback or decline, with no sense of facing a direction.
• Related下り坂くだりざかNeutralLiterally a downhill slope, used figuratively for declining fortunes or worsening weather — a vivid image; 「下向き」 can also describe objects facing down.
• Antonym上向きうわむきNeutralThe antonym: facing upward, or markets and conditions turning up, as in 「上向きに置く」「景気は上向きだ」.

Use 「下向き」 for facing downward or for business and market conditions turning down, as in 「下向きに置く」「業績が下向き」. For a drop in level say 「低下」, for falling prices 「下落」, for going downhill 「下り坂」; the opposite is 「上向き」.

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1. 下方かほうへ向むくこと。
2. （勢いきおいや相場そうばなどが）下降かこうする傾向けいこうであること。