垂れる|たれるtareru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down
   彼かれの左目ひだりめに髪かみがたれていた。↗

   A wisp of hair fell over his left eye.
2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to grant; to bestow
3. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop
   濡ぬれたタオルから滴しずくが垂たれている。↗

   Water is dripping from the wet towel.
4. ichidan verb, transitive verbto leave behind (at death)
5. ichidan verb, transitive verbto say; to utter
6. ichidan verb, transitive verbto excrete (urine, feces, etc.); to let out (a fart)

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

• Synonym垂れ下がるたれさがるNeutralIntransitive: something hangs down, as in 「枝が垂れ下がる」. Stresses the drooping state; 「垂れる」 also covers dripping and giving instruction.
• Synonymぶら下がるぶらさがるNeutralHanging from something, often swinging; also figuratively to depend on someone, as in 「親にぶら下がる」 — a sense of dependence 「垂れる」 does not have.
• SynonymさがるNeutralVery broad: to descend, step back, or hang. 「垂れる」 focuses on drooping downward.
• Synonym吊り下がるつりさがるNeutralBeing hung from above and dangling; stresses the suspended state, where 「垂れる」 describes drooping more generally.
• Synonym垂れ下げるたれさげるNeutralTransitive: to let something hang down, e.g. a curtain or tail. Used less often than 「垂れる」.
• Synonym吊り下げるつりさげるNeutralTransitive: to hang something up so it dangles from above, as in 「ランプを吊り下げる」.
• RelatedたるむNeutralSlackening and sagging, as in 「皮膚が弛む」; carries a negative feel that 「垂れる」 does not.
• RelatedさがるNeutralVery broad: to descend, step back, or hang. 「垂れる」 focuses on drooping downward.
• Related緩むゆるむNeutralBecoming loose; stresses a taut state slackening rather than the drooping that 「垂れる」 describes.
• Related滴るしたたるNeutralLiquid falling drop by drop, as in 「汗が滴る」; the focused word for dripping, which 「垂れる」 also covers.
• Related滴下てきかWrittenWritten/formal noun for dripping, used mainly in laboratory and medical contexts; 「垂れる」 is the everyday verb.
• RelatedしなだれるNeutralDrooping softly or nestling close, with a coquettish charm; 「垂れる」 is plain drooping.
• RelatedたなびくWrittenWritten/formal prose: clouds, mist, or smoke drifting horizontally; stresses sideways drift, unlike the downward 「垂れる」.
• Related下垂かすいWrittenWritten/formal noun: hanging down, also organ prolapse as in 「胃下垂」; 「垂れる」 is the everyday verb.
• RelatedうなだれるNeutralHanging one's head in dejection, as in 「うなだれる」; limited to the head, while 「垂れる」 is general.
• RelatedたわむNeutralBending under a load, as in 「枝が撓む」; stresses the bending rather than hanging down.
• AntonymあげるNeutralAntonym: to raise or lift something up, the opposite of hanging down.
• Antonym持ち上げるもちあげるNeutralAntonym: to lift or pick something up, the opposite of letting it hang down.
• Antonym掲げるかかげるNeutralAntonym: to hold something high or put it up, the opposite of hanging down.

Use 「垂れる」 for hanging down, dripping, or giving instruction, as in 「頭を垂れる」「教えを垂れる」. For the state of hanging down pick 「垂れ下がる」, for hanging from something 「ぶら下がる」, for dripping 「滴る」, and for hanging one's head in dejection 「項垂れる」. To raise something, use 「上げる」.

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

1. 液体えきたいが下したへすじを作つくって落おちる。滴り落したたりおちる。容器ようきの上部じょうぶから漏もれる。
2. 根本こんぽんを固定こていして、重力じゅうりょくのなすがままにする。ぶら下さがる。ぶら下さげる。下したを向むく。
3. あたえる。しめす。
4. 言葉ことばを漏もらす。
5. 言ゆう。解説かいせつする。
6. 愚痴ぐちをいう。
7. 排泄はいせつする。