下痢|げりgeri[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdiarrhea; diarrhoea
    Here's some medicine for diarrhea.
Conjugation
Dictionary form下痢する(げりする)
Polite (masu)下痢します(げりします)
Negative (nai)下痢しない(げりしない)
polite (masen)下痢しません(げりしません)
classical zu / nu下痢せず・下痢せぬ(げりせず・げりせぬ)
Past (ta)下痢した(げりした)
polite (mashita)下痢しました(げりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)下痢しなかった(げりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)下痢しませんでした(げりしませんでした)
Te form下痢して(げりして)
Potential下痢できる(げりできる)
Passive下痢される(げりされる)
Causative下痢させる(げりさせる)
Causative passive下痢させられる(げりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)下痢すれば(げりすれば)
tara下痢したら(げりしたら)
Volitional下痢しよう(げりしよう)
polite (mashou)下痢しましょう(げりしましょう)
Imperative下痢しろ(げりしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym下り腹くだりばらCasualColloquial word for loose bowels with an old-fashioned flavor; 「下痢」 is the everyday term.
  • Synonymくだり腹CasualAlternative writing of 「下り腹」; a colloquial word for loose bowels.
  • Related痢りWrittenWritten/formal word for diarrhea or dysentery, now mostly in compounds such as 「赤痢」; 「下痢」 is the everyday medical term.
  • Related下痢症げりしょうWrittenWritten, medical term for diarrhea as a disease; 「下痢」 is the everyday word for the symptom.
  • Antonym便秘べんぴNeutralAntonym: constipation, the opposite condition to 「下痢」.

For diarrhea in everyday use, say 「下痢」; colloquially for loose bowels, 「下り腹」 (also written 「くだり腹」); as a medical disease name, 「下痢症」; for dysentery or in compounds, 「痢」. The opposite of 「下痢」 is 「便秘」, constipation.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 便びんの水分すいぶん量りょうが増加ぞうかし、かゆ状じょうの便びんとなって排泄はいせつされること。
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