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降ふる

Kana ふる Romaji furu

JLPT N5 Common word

01

降る ふる · furu

JLPT N5 Common word

01godan verb · intransitive

02godan verb · intransitive

03godan verb · intransitive

to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in

04godan verb · intransitive

Examples

シカゴのあたりでは雨が降っていました。

It was raining around Chicago.

Tatoeba #216365

雨が降っている。

It is raining.

Tatoeba #5212

雪が降りそうだ。

It looks like snow.

Tatoeba #142025

02

下る くだる · kudaru

JLPT N2 Common word 降る

01godan verb · intransitive

to descend; to go down; to come down

02godan verb · intransitive

to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)

03godan verb · intransitive

04godan verb · intransitive

to surrender; to capitulate

05godan verb · intransitive

to be less than; to be inferior to

often in neg. form

06godan verb · intransitive

to have the runs; to have diarrhea

also written as 瀉る

07godan verb · intransitive

to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body

08godan verb · intransitive

archaic

to depreciate oneself; to be humble

Examples

山を下ったところに学校がある。

There is a school down the mountain.

Tatoeba #169405

彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。

He was given ten years and his wife three.

Tatoeba #102118

船は水路を下った。

The ship sailed down the channel.

Tatoeba #141114

Source

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