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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

下くだす

N3
くだす kudasu
  1. to lower
  2. to let go down
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

作出;下达;使下降

Examples

  • 問もん題だいは誰だれが決けっ定ていを下くだすかということだ。
    The question is who will make the decision.
    问题是谁来作决定。
  • 彼かれらは彼かれに有ゆう罪ざいの判はん決けつを下くだした。
    They found him guilty.
    他们判他有罪。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('591715a7f5'); // 下す
{
  "id": "591715a7f5",
  "word": "下す",
  "reading": "くだす",
  "romaji": "kudasu",
  "meanings": [
    "to lower",
    "to let go down"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1184320,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "問題は誰が決定を下すかということだ。",
      "furigana": "{問題|もんだい}は{誰|だれ}が{決定|けってい}を{下|くだ}すかということだ。",
      "en": "The question is who will make the decision.",
      "tatoeba_id": 79819
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼らは彼に有罪の判決を下した。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}らは{彼|かれ}に{有罪|ゆうざい}の{判決|はんけつ}を{下|くだ}した。",
      "en": "They found him guilty.",
      "tatoeba_id": 96359
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "547d2ee7291d3fb7e96a79bdb4850df11436e75a3fd57b7c2bfe0cb4e4cfdd74",
    "meanings": [
      "作出",
      "下达",
      "使下降"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "問題は誰が決定を下すかということだ。",
        "zh": "问题是谁来作决定。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼らは彼に有罪の判決を下した。",
        "zh": "他们判他有罪。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/591715a7f5",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1184320; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "78cd0385bbfd2854577e719ef66bd1f286d6417526d0673220140944d63e3370"
  }
}