下部|かぶkabu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounlower part; substructure
   用紙ようしの下部かぶに名前なまえを書かきなさい。↗

   Write your name at the bottom of the paper.
2. nounsubordinate (office); good and faithful servant

• Synonym下方かほうWrittenIn written prose, the direction or area below; 「下部」 is the lower half of the object itself.
• Related裾すそNeutralRefers to the hem of a garment or the foot of a mountain; 「下部」 is the general lower part of an object or a subordinate organization.
• RelatedボトムCasualA colloquial loanword for the bottom of something or for lower garments like trousers and skirts; 「下部」 is about the lower part of an object.
• Related底そこNeutralThe very bottom, as in 「鍋の底」; 「下部」 covers a broader lower section.
• Antonym上部じょうぶNeutralThe upper part of an object, the positional opposite of 「下部」.
• Antonym頂部WrittenWritten prose for the very top of something, the positional opposite of 「下部」.

Use 「下部」 for the lower part of an object or a subordinate organization, as in 「下部組織」. For the very bottom pick 「底」, for the area below 「下方」, for hems or a mountain foot 「裾」; the opposite is 「上部」.

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1. （かぶ） （物体ぶったいなどにおいて）下側したがわにある部分ぶぶん。下方かほう。