下
| Level 4 vocabulary | ||
| 靴下 | (n) socks/ (P) | |
| 下 | (n) under/ below/ beneath/ (P) | |
| 地下鉄 | (n) underground train/ subway/ (P) | |
| Level 3 vocabulary | ||
| 以下 | (n) less than/ up to/ below/ under/ and downward/ not exceeding/ the following/ the rest/ (P) | |
| 下りる | (v1) to alight (e.g. from bus)/ to get off/ to descend (e.g. a mountain)/ (P) | |
| 下宿 | (n,vs) boarding/ lodging/ boarding house/ (P) | |
| 下がる | (v5r) to hang down/ to abate/ to retire/ to fall/ to step back/ (P) | |
| 下げる | (v1) to hang/ to lower/ to move back/ to wear/ to dismiss/ to grant/ (P) | |
| 下着 | (n) underwear/ (P) | |
| Level 2 vocabulary | ||
| 下降 | (n) downward/ descent/ fall/ drop/ subsidence/ (P) | |
| 下線 | (n) underline/ underscore | |
| 下さる | (v5aru) (hon) to give/ to confer/ (P) | |
| 下り | (n,n-suf) down-train (going away from Tokyo)/ (P) | |
| 下る | (v5r) to get down/ to descend/ (P) | |
| 下車 | (n,vs) alighting/ getting off/ (P) | |
| 下旬 | (n-adv,n-t) month (last third of)/ (P) | |
| 下水 | (n) drainage/ sewage/ ditch/ gutter/ sewerage/ (P) | |
| 下駄 | (n) geta (Japanese footwear)/ wooden clogs/ (P) | |
| 下品 | (adj-na,n) vulgarity/ meanness/ indecency/ coarseness/ (P) | |
| 下書き | (n) rough copy/ draft/ (P) | |
| 下町 | (n) Shitamachi/ lower parts of town/ (P) | |
| 上下 | (n,vs) high and low/ up and down/ unloading and loading/ praising and blaming/ (P) | |
| 地下 | (n) basement/ underground/ (P) | |
| 地下水 | (n) underground water | |
| 低下 | (n,vs) fall/ decline/ lowering/ deterioration/ (P) | |
| 見下ろす | (v5s) to overlook/ to command a view of/ to look down on something/ (P) | |
| 目下 | (n) subordinate(s)/ inferior(s)/ junior/ (P) | |
| 廊下 | (n) corridor/ (P) | |
| Level 1 vocabulary | ||
| 下痢 | (n) diarrhoea/ (P) | |
| 下心 | (n) secret intention/ motive | |
| 下地 | (n) groundwork/ foundation/ inclination/ aptitude/ elementary knowledge of/ grounding in/ prearrangement/ s | |
| 下調べ | (n) preliminary investigation/ preparation/ (P) | |
| 下取り | (n) trade in/ part exchange | |
| 下火 | (n) burning low/ waning/ declining | |
| 城下 | (n) land near the castle | |
| 天下 | (n) the world/ whole country/ descent from heaven/ having one's own way/ the public/ the ruling power/ (P) | |
| 引き下げる | (v1) to pull down/ to lower/ to reduce/ to withdraw/ (P) | |
| 部下 | (n) subordinate person/ (P) | |
| 真下 | (adj-no,n) right under/ directly below | |
| 目下 | (n-adv,n-t) at present/ now/ (P) | |
| 落下 | (n,vs) fall/ drop/ come down/ (P) | |