下げる (Sageru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration), to lower”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto lower; to reduce; to bring down
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto demote; to move back; to pull back
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
Examples
頭を下げろ！
Duck!
彼は深々と頭を下げた。
He bent his head low.
音量を下げてください。
Turn down the volume, please.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).