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JLPT N5 · Noun

下 (shita)

下 (した, shita) is a Japanese noun meaning “below; down”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
した
Romaji
shita
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter) · noun
  2. bottom · noun
  3. beneath; underneath · noun
  4. just after; right after · noun · as 下から, 下より, etc.
  5. inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior) · noun, noun taking の

Example sentences

「ところでよ、そのおめーのお父さんはどこにいんのさ？」「横転したトラックの下なんよ」
"By the way, where's your old man?" "Under that over-turned truck."
Tatoeba #236489
下に署名してください。
Sign at the bottom, please.
Tatoeba #188239
雨が私のレインコートの下までしみとおった。
The rain penetrated my raincoat.
Tatoeba #189677

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

Kanji in 下

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 下.

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下るくだるto descend

Source: JMdict entry 1184140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.