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下げる

さげる

to lower, to turn down

Mnemonic

You take it down 下 rather than standing there watching it sag. The volume, a little: さげる.

Worth knowing

下がる さがる is a thing coming down by itself. 下げる is you lowering it.

Built from

under, below
A mark sitting below the line, the mirror of 上.

Words sharing these kanji

under, below under (the supervision of) to go down, to come down hallway to come down, to hang down, to fall underground subordinate to look down, to overlook bad at, poor

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