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下げる さげる sageru

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  1. Ichidan verbtransitive verb to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
  2. Ichidan verbtransitive verb to lower; to reduce; to bring down
  3. Ichidan verbtransitive verb to demote; to move back; to pull back
  4. Ichidan verbtransitive verb to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
  5. Ichidan verbtransitive verb hanafuda to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
    see: 出来役

Kanji in this word

below, down, descend

Example sentences

彼は深々と頭を下げた。
kare ha fukabuka to atama wo sage ta 。
He bent his head low.
彼は借金を頼みに頭をペコペコ下げてやって来た。
kare ha shakkin wo tanomi ni atama wo pekopeko sage te yaxtsu te ki ta 。
He came crawling to me to ask for a loan.
彼は自分の品物の値段を下げねばならなかった。
kare ha jibun no shinamono no nedan wo sage ne ba nara nakaxtsu ta 。
He had to reduce the price of his wares.
彼に頭を下げるのはいやだ。
kare ni atama wo sageru no ha iya da 。
I don't want to bow down to him.
日経平均は200ポイント下げ、昨日は18,000で終えた。
nikkei heikin ha 200 pointo sage 、 kinou ha 18 , 000 de oe ta 。
The Nikkei Stock Average lost nearly 200 points to close yesterday at 18,000.
日銀は公定歩合を0.5%引き下げ、4.5%とした。
nichigin ha koutei buai wo 0 ten 5 paasento hikisage 、 4 ten 5 paasento to shi ta 。
The Bank of Japan lowered its discount rate by half a percentage point Monday, bringing the key lending rate to 4.5%.

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