下る (Kudaru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto descend; to go down; to come down
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto pass (of time)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto surrender; to capitulate
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be less than; to be inferior tooften in neg. form
- godan verb, intransitive verbto have the runs; to have diarrheaalso written as 瀉る
Examples
船は水路を下った。
The ship sailed down the channel.
その坂道を下ろう。
Let's descend the slope.
彼は丘を下って行った。
He went down the hill.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).