JLPT N4 · Verb

下げる (sageru)

下げる (さげる, sageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hang; to suspend”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: さげる
Romaji: sageru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration) · ichidan verb, transitive
to lower; to reduce; to bring down · ichidan verb, transitive
to demote; to move back; to pull back · ichidan verb, transitive
to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar) · ichidan verb, transitive
to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

ラジオの音を下げてくれませんか。

Could you turn down the radio?

Tatoeba #192617

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 下げる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	下げる	さげる sageru
Polite (~masu)	下げます	さげます sagemasu
Negative	下げない	さげない sagenai
Polite negative	下げません	さげません sagemasen
Past	下げた	さげた sageta
Polite past	下げました	さげました sagemashita
Negative past	下げなかった	さげなかった sagenakatta
Te-form	下げて	さげて sagete
Potential	下げられる	さげられる sagerareru
Passive	下げられる	さげられる sagerareru
Causative	下げさせる	さげさせる sagesaseru
Volitional	下げよう	さげよう sageyou
Imperative	下げろ	さげろ sagero
Conditional (~ba)	下げれば	さげれば sagereba

Kanji in 下げる

下

below, down, descendカ・ゲ・した・しも · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 下げる.

下したbelow靴下くつしたsocks下手へたunskillful廊下ろうかcorridor下さいくださいplease (give me)地下鉄ちかてつsubway以下いかnot exceeding ...下宿げしゅくboarding下着したぎunderwear下るさがるto come down下りるおりるto descend (e.g. a mountain)下すおろすto take down下りくだりdown-train下るくだるto descend

Source: JMdict entry 1184170 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.