下・許|もとmoto[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. noununder (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.)oft. as ...の下に or ...の下で
   法ほうのもとではすべての人ひとは平等びょうどうだ。↗

   All men are equal under the law.
2. noununder (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath
3. nounwith (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); in (e.g. the name of ...)as ...の下に
4. noun(someone's) side; (someone's) locationusu. written as 元

• Related底そこNeutralThe bottom of a container, river or sea, as in 「海の底」; 「下（もと）」 is about being under someone's guidance or a rule.
• Related尻しりNeutralThe buttocks, as in 「尻に敷く」 (to keep someone under one's thumb), and also the tail end or last place; 「下（もと）」 is about being under someone's protection or rules.
• Related麓ふもとNeutralThe foot of a mountain — a concrete landform; 「下（もと）」 is for being under a flag, rules or guidance.
• Related裾すそNeutralThe hem of a garment or the lower edge of a mountain slope; 「下（もと）」 is for being under some condition.
• Related基部きぶWrittenWritten/formal prose for the base or foundation part of an object; 「下（もと）」 is about abstract protection.
• Related底面ていめんNeutralThe downward-facing surface of an object, often in geometry; 「下（もと）」 is about being under a rule.
• Related底部ていぶWrittenWritten/formal prose for the bottom part of an object; 「下（もと）」 is for being under someone's guidance or in their name.

Use 「下（もと）」 for being under someone's guidance, a rule, or a name, as in 「法の下」「監督の下」. For the bottom of an object pick 「底」 or, in formal prose, 「底部」; for a mountain's foot 「麓」; for a garment's hem 「裾」.

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1. 【した、しも、もと】足あしの方向ほうこう。
2. 【した、しも、もと】重力じゅうりょくの作用さようする空間くうかんにおいて、重力じゅうりょくにより引き寄ひきよせられる方向ほうこう。
3. 【もと】法令ほうれいなどの影響えいきょうがおよぶ範囲はんい。
4. 【した、しも、もと】命令めいれいなどの強制力きょうせいりょくを受うける側がわ。従したがう側がわ。
5. 【カ】 その効力こうりょくや支配しはいの及およぶ状態じょうたいにあること。
6. 【カ】 それよりも下層かそうにある部分ぶぶん。