JLPT N1 · Noun

下火 (shitabi)

下火 (したび, shitabi) is a Japanese noun meaning “dying down (of a fire); waning”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: したび
Romaji: shitabi
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

dying down (of a fire); waning · noun
waning (of a trend, fad, popularity, epidemic, etc.); declining; ebbing · noun
heat applied from below (e.g. in an oven or grill) · noun

Example sentences

化学業界はすべてが下火になるまで再投資を控えています。

Chemical companies are waiting until everything dies down before reinvesting.

Tatoeba #188206

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

Kanji in 下火

下

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

火

fireカ・ひ・-び · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 下火.

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)下げるさげるto hang下すおろすto take down下りくだりdown-train

Source: JMdict entry 1184580 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.