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JLPT N4 · Noun

以下 (ika)

以下 (いか, ika) is a Japanese noun meaning “not exceeding ...; not more than ...”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
いか
Romaji
ika
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under; ... and below; ... or fewer · suffix noun
  2. below (a standard, level, etc.); under; beneath; less than · suffix noun
  3. the following; the below-mentioned; the rest; followed by ... · noun, noun taking の
  4. including ...; ... and other (employees, officials, etc.) · suffix noun · used to refer to all members of a group, starting with the head or principal figure

Example sentences

１６歳以下の子供は劇場には入場できません。
Children of age sixteen and under will not be admitted to the theatre.
Tatoeba #235932
君の要約は平均以下だね。
Your summary is not up to par.
Tatoeba #178016
以下の説明は多くの異なる理論を比較的対照することによって得られたものである。
The explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories.
Tatoeba #191221

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

Kanji in 以下

以
by means of, because, in view ofイ・もっ.て · 5 strokes
下
below, down, descendカ・ゲ・した・しも · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 以下.

以内いないwithin以外いがいexcluding以上いじょうnot less than ...以前いぜんbefore以来いらいsince以後いごafter this以降いこうon and after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下宿げしゅくboarding

Source: JMdict entry 1155060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.