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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

下か降こう

N2
かこう kakou
  1. downward
  2. descent
  3. fall
  4. drop
  5. subsidence
nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

下降;下落

Examples

  • 飛行機が下降を始めた。
    The airplane began its descent.
    飞机开始下降。
  • 気温は午後から下降した。
    The temperature fell from the afternoon.
    气温从下午开始下降。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5dd6fbaf4b'); // 下降
{
  "id": "5dd6fbaf4b",
  "word": "下降",
  "reading": "かこう",
  "romaji": "kakou",
  "meanings": [
    "downward",
    "descent",
    "fall",
    "drop",
    "subsidence"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1184940,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "飛行機が下降を始めた。",
      "en": "The airplane began its descent."
    },
    {
      "ja": "気温は午後から下降した。",
      "en": "The temperature fell from the afternoon."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "43352a0c0989b24a081a915b9c54ad7e221ba30b7ca46f1e1ed9b7c56661696f",
    "meanings": [
      "下降",
      "下落"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "飛行機が下降を始めた。",
        "zh": "飞机开始下降。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "気温は午後から下降した。",
        "zh": "气温从下午开始下降。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/5dd6fbaf4b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1184940; 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": "5fee6db6f679b1ebcda686734d3bb7a4c768ab8800db72418d03fd64428dd6cc"
  }
}