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貧下中農


贫下中农

see styles
pín xià zhōng nóng
    pin2 xia4 zhong1 nong2
p`in hsia chung nung
    pin hsia chung nung
(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)

販夫俗子


贩夫俗子

see styles
fàn fū sú zi
    fan4 fu1 su2 zi5
fan fu su tzu
peddlers and common people; lower class

販夫走卒


贩夫走卒

see styles
fàn fū zǒu zú
    fan4 fu1 zou3 zu2
fan fu tsou tsu
lit. peddlers and carriers; common people; lower class

還下地生


还下地生

see styles
huán xià dì shēng
    huan2 xia4 di4 sheng1
huan hsia ti sheng
 gen gechi shō
rebirth into a lower stage of existence

阿鞞跋致

see styles
ē bǐ bá zhì
    e1 bi3 ba2 zhi4
o pi pa chih
 abibatchi
avaivartika, avivartin, aparivartya, 不退轉 One who never recedes; a Bodhisattva who, in his progress towards Buddhahood, never retrogrades to a lower state than that to which he has attained. Also 阿毘跋致; 阿惟越致.

障子の腰

see styles
 shoujinokoshi / shojinokoshi
    しょうじのこし
lower part of a shoji (paper sliding-door)

霸道總裁


霸道总裁

see styles
bà dào zǒng cái
    ba4 dao4 zong3 cai2
pa tao tsung ts`ai
    pa tao tsung tsai
handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status)

順下分結


顺下分结

see styles
shùn xià fēn jié
    shun4 xia4 fen1 jie2
shun hsia fen chieh
The five ties in the lower realm which hold the individual in the realms of desire, i.e. desire, resentment, egoism, false tenets, and doubt.

食い下る

see styles
 kuisagaru
    くいさがる
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; (2) to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose; (3) (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

食下がる

see styles
 kuisagaru
    くいさがる
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; (2) to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose; (3) (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

エコー葉書

see styles
 ekoohagaki
    エコーはがき
(kana only) postcards with the bottom third of the front side reserved for an advertisement, and sold at a lower cost than regular postcards

Variations:
お腰
御腰

 okoshi
    おこし
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (See 腰・1) buttocks; lower back; waist; hips; (2) (feminine speech) (See 腰巻) kimono underskirt

ダブル選挙

see styles
 daburusenkyo
    ダブルせんきょ
(See 同時選挙) double election (e.g. of the lower and higher chambers)

Variations:
たる
だる

 taru; daru
    たる; だる
(exp,aux-v,v5r) (1) (ksb:) (after the -masu stem of a verb; contraction of (て; で)やる; sometimes with negative nuance) (See やる・15) to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to; (exp,aux-v,v5r) (2) (ksb:) (after the -masu stem of a verb; contraction of(て; で)あげる) (See あげる・23) to do ... for (the sake of someone else)

上位互換性

see styles
 jouigokansei / joigokanse
    じょういごかんせい
(1) (See 下位互換性・1,後方互換性) downward compatibility; backward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; (2) (incorrect usage) (See 下位互換性・1) upward compatibility; forward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.

Variations:
下々
下下

 shimojimo; shitajita
    しもじも; したじた
the lower classes; the common people

下げ止まり

see styles
 sagedomari
    さげどまり
(noun/participle) bottoming out; reaching a floor; ceasing to fall; edging lower

下三角行列

see styles
 shitasankakugyouretsu / shitasankakugyoretsu
    したさんかくぎょうれつ
{math} lower triangular matrix

下三靜慮地


下三静虑地

see styles
xià sān jìng lǜ dì
    xia4 san1 jing4 lv4 di4
hsia san ching lü ti
 ge sanjōryoji
lower three meditative states

下位互換性

see styles
 kaigokansei / kaigokanse
    かいごかんせい
(1) (See 上位互換性・1,前方互換性) upward compatibility; forward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.; (2) (incorrect usage) (See 上位互換性・1) downward compatibility; backward compatibility; compatibility with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.

下値支持線

see styles
 shitaneshijisen
    したねしじせん
{finc} (See 支持線・1) lower support level (esp. share prices); lower support line

下地染汚心

see styles
xià dì rǎn wū xīn
    xia4 di4 ran3 wu1 xin1
hsia ti jan wu hsin
 gechi zenma shin
defiled mind in a lower stage

下地麤苦障


下地粗苦障

see styles
xià dì cū kǔ zhàng
    xia4 di4 cu1 ku3 zhang4
hsia ti ts`u k`u chang
    hsia ti tsu ku chang
 geji soku shō
To see the lower grade out of which one has migrated, as rough, wretched, and a hindrance; a Brahman form of meditation.

下級裁判所

see styles
 kakyuusaibansho / kakyusaibansho
    かきゅうさいばんしょ
lower court

Variations:
下腿
下体

 katai
    かたい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (ant: 上体) lower leg; lower part of the body; lower limbs

不更惡趣願


不更恶趣愿

see styles
bù gēng è qù yuàn
    bu4 geng1 e4 qu4 yuan4
pu keng o ch`ü yüan
    pu keng o chü yüan
 fukyō akushu gan
The second of Amitābha's forty-eight vows, that those born in his kingdom should never again enter the three evil lower paths of transmigration.

予算委員会

see styles
 yosaniinkai / yosaninkai
    よさんいいんかい
(1) Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet); (2) budget committee

値引き交渉

see styles
 nebikikoushou / nebikikosho
    ねびきこうしょう
(noun/participle) negotiating a lower price; negotiate a discount; price negotiation

八坂刀売神

see styles
 yasakatomenokami
    やさかとめのかみ
{jpmyth} (See 建御名方神) Yasakatome; deity worshipped at various (lower) Suwa shrines, and consort of Takeminakata

Variations:
労う
犒う

 negirau
    ねぎらう
(transitive verb) (kana only) to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

取り下ろす

see styles
 toriorosu
    とりおろす
(transitive verb) to take down; to bring down; to lower

向こうずね

see styles
 mukouzune / mukozune
    むこうずね
shin; front of lower leg

垂れ下げる

see styles
 taresageru
    たれさげる
(transitive verb) to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)

声を落とす

see styles
 koeootosu
    こえをおとす
(exp,v5s) to lower one's voice; to speak more softly

Variations:
安め
安目

 yasume
    やすめ
(adj-no,adj-na) (1) (See 高め・たかめ・2) on the cheap side; comparatively cheap; (2) {mahj} wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score

履きかえる

see styles
 hakikaeru
    はきかえる
(transitive verb) (1) to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, slippers, pants, a skirt, etc.); (2) to put on the wrong pair of shoes by mistake

履き替える

see styles
 hakikaeru
    はきかえる
(transitive verb) (1) to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, slippers, pants, a skirt, etc.); (2) to put on the wrong pair of shoes by mistake

Variations:
帆足
帆脚

 hoashi
    ほあし
rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

幕が下りる

see styles
 makugaoriru
    まくがおりる
(exp,v1) to lower the curtain; to come to an end

幕をおろす

see styles
 makuoorosu
    まくをおろす
(exp,v5s) to come to an end; to lower the curtain

幕を下ろす

see styles
 makuoorosu
    まくをおろす
(exp,v5s) to come to an end; to lower the curtain

幕を閉じる

see styles
 makuotojiru
    まくをとじる
(exp,v1) (1) to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); (exp,v1) (2) to come to an end; to finish

幕を降ろす

see styles
 makuoorosu
    まくをおろす
(exp,v5s) to come to an end; to lower the curtain

引き下げる

see styles
 hikisageru
    ひきさげる
(transitive verb) to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw

忍不墮惡趣


忍不堕恶趣

see styles
rěn bù duò è qù
    ren3 bu4 duo4 e4 qu4
jen pu to o ch`ü
    jen pu to o chü
 nin fuda akushu
The stage of patience ensures that there will be no falling into the lower paths of transmigration.

Variations:
抹額
末額

 makkou; makkaku; mokou / makko; makkaku; moko
    まっこう; まっかく; もこう
(archaism) red headband (worn by lower rank officers)

旗本八万騎

see styles
 hatamotohachimanki
    はたもとはちまんき
(archaism) (See 旗本・はたもと) the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals

Variations:
末々
末末

 suezue
    すえずえ
(n,adv) (1) distant future; (2) (dated) descendants; (3) (dated) lower classes; common people

海上花列傳


海上花列传

see styles
hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn
    hai3 shang4 hua1 lie4 zhuan4
hai shang hua lieh chuan
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4], long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular; translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang

目を落とす

see styles
 meootosu
    めをおとす
(exp,v5s) to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

目を閉じる

see styles
 meotojiru
    めをとじる
(exp,v1) (1) to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; (2) to die; to breathe one's last

砂時計経済

see styles
 sunadokeikeizai / sunadokekezai
    すなどけいけいざい
hourglass economy; economy having large upper and lower classes and a small middle class

Variations:
素袍
素襖

 suou / suo
    すおう
suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)

羯吒布怛那


羯咤布怛那

see styles
jié zhà bù dán à
    jie2 zha4 bu4 dan2 a4
chieh cha pu tan a
 katafutanna
Kaṭapūtana, a kind of ill-smelling demon, a preta in the lower regions. M.W.'

腰をいわす

see styles
 koshioiwasu
    こしをいわす
(exp,v5s) (ksb:) to hurt one's lower back

腰をすえる

see styles
 koshiosueru
    こしをすえる
(exp,v1) (1) to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); (2) to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in; (3) to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

腰を据える

see styles
 koshiosueru
    こしをすえる
(exp,v1) (1) to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); (2) to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in; (3) to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

衆議員議長

see styles
 shuugiingichou / shugingicho
    しゅうぎいんぎちょう
speaker of the Lower House

衆議院解散

see styles
 shuugiinkaisan / shuginkaisan
    しゅうぎいんかいさん
dissolution of the lower house of parliament

衆議院議員

see styles
 shuugiingiin / shugingin
    しゅうぎいんぎいん
member of the Lower House

衆議院議長

see styles
 shuugiingichou / shugingicho
    しゅうぎいんぎちょう
speaker of the lower house

衆議院選挙

see styles
 shuugiinsenkyo / shuginsenkyo
    しゅうぎいんせんきょ
House of Representatives election; lower house election

衆院予算委

see styles
 shuuinyosani / shuinyosani
    しゅういんよさんい
(abbreviation) (See 衆院予算委員会) Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet

Variations:
被官
被管

 hikan
    ひかん
(1) lower government office (ritsuryō system); (2) servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; (3) servant of an urban family; (4) (See 被官百姓) serf

連邦参議院

see styles
 renpousangiin / renposangin
    れんぽうさんぎいん
Bundesrat (lower house of the German parliament)

鐃旬トムス

see styles
 鐃旬tomusu
    鐃旬トムス
(See 鐃夙ップワ申) lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt) (eng: bottoms)

食い下がる

see styles
 kuisagaru
    くいさがる
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; (2) to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose; (3) (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

魔女の一撃

see styles
 majonoichigeki
    まじょのいちげき
(exp,n) (idiom) (See ぎっくり腰) strained back; lower back pain

カワスズメ科

see styles
 kawasuzumeka
    カワスズメか
Cichlidae (family of fishes exhibiting fusion of the lower pharyngeal bones into a single tooth-bearing structure)

シャワー効果

see styles
 shawaakouka / shawakoka
    シャワーこうか
(See 噴水効果) shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors)

ダウンシフト

see styles
 daunshifuto
    ダウンシフト
(1) downshifting (change to a less stressful and materialistic lifestyle); (2) (rare) (See シフトダウン) downshift (in a vehicle); change to a lower gear

下位試験手段

see styles
 kaishikenshudan
    かいしけんしゅだん
{comp} lower tester

Variations:
下顎
下あご

 shitaago; kagaku(下顎) / shitago; kagaku(下顎)
    したあご; かがく(下顎)
lower jaw; mandible

前期中等教育

see styles
 zenkichuutoukyouiku / zenkichutokyoiku
    ぜんきちゅうとうきょういく
lower secondary education (e.g. middle school)

Variations:

 kimi
    きみ
(pronoun) (1) (familiar language) (sometimes considered male language; referring to someone of equal or lower status) you; buddy; pal; (2) (orig. meaning) monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master; (pronoun) (3) (君 only) (polite language) (obsolete) he; she

品質を落とす

see styles
 hinshitsuootosu
    ひんしつをおとす
(exp,v5s) to lower the quality

Variations:

 sune(p); hagi(脛)(ok)
    すね(P); はぎ(脛)(ok)
(kana only) shin; shank; lower leg

視線を落とす

see styles
 shisenootosu
    しせんをおとす
(exp,v5s) to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes

ウィンドウ下限

see styles
 indoukagen / indokagen
    ウィンドウかげん
{comp} lower window edge

ソーラーポンド

see styles
 sooraapondo / soorapondo
    ソーラーポンド
solar pond (salty pond in which energy from solar energy accumulates in the lower layers, due to lack of convection)

ローアーハット

see styles
 rooaahatto / rooahatto
    ローアーハット
(place-name) Lower Hutt

上梁不正下梁歪

see styles
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
    shang4 liang2 bu4 zheng4 xia4 liang2 wai1
shang liang pu cheng hsia liang wai
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices

Variations:
下まぶた
下瞼

 shitamabuta
    したまぶた
lower eyelid

大浦天主堂下駅

see styles
 oouratenshudoushitaeki / ooratenshudoshitaeki
    おおうらてんしゅどうしたえき
(st) Ōura Church Lower Station

小文字名前文字

see styles
 komojinamaemoji
    こもじなまえもじ
{comp} lower-case name characters

Variations:
御家人
ご家人

 gokenin
    ごけにん
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

Variations:
潜める
濳める

 hisomeru
    ひそめる
(transitive verb) (1) to hide; to conceal; (transitive verb) (2) to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; (transitive verb) (3) to become quiet and inconspicuous

為さい(rK)

 nasai
    なさい
(auxiliary verb) (kana only) (light imperative; used towards someone of equal or lower standing; after the -masu stem of a verb) (See なさる) do ...

衆院予算委員会

see styles
 shuuinyosaniinkai / shuinyosaninkai
    しゅういんよさんいいんかい
(See 予算委員会・1) Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet

課徴金減免制度

see styles
 kachoukingenmenseido / kachokingenmensedo
    かちょうきんげんめんせいど
{law} (See 独占禁止法) leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement

インバウンド価格

see styles
 inbaundokakaku
    インバウンドかかく
tourist price (in a dual pricing system); price paid by foreign tourists (as opposed to the lower price paid by locals)

ソーラー・ポンド

 sooraa pondo / soora pondo
    ソーラー・ポンド
solar pond (salty pond in which energy from solar energy accumulates in the lower layers, due to lack of convection)

ニーダーザクセン

see styles
 niidaazakusen / nidazakusen
    ニーダーザクセン
(personal name) Lower Saxony

ハードルを下げる

see styles
 haadoruosageru / hadoruosageru
    ハードルをさげる
(exp,v1) (idiom) (ant: ハードルをあげる) to lower the bar

ロワークラマス湖

see styles
 rowaakuramasuko / rowakuramasuko
    ロワークラマスこ
(place-name) Lower Klamath Lake

Variations:
下す
降す

 kudasu
    くだす
(transitive verb) (1) to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; (transitive verb) (2) to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order; (transitive verb) (3) to let go down; to lower; (transitive verb) (4) (See 手を下す・1) to do oneself; to do by oneself; (transitive verb) (5) to beat; to defeat; (transitive verb) (6) to have loose bowels; to have diarrhea; (transitive verb) (7) to pass (in stool); to discharge from the body; (suf,v5s) (8) (after -masu stem of verb) to do in one go; to do to the end without stopping

六甲ケーブル下駅

see styles
 rokkoukeeburushitaeki / rokkokeeburushitaeki
    ろっこうケーブルしたえき
(st) Rokkou Cable Lower Station

Variations:
嘉する
善みする

 yomisuru
    よみする
(vs-i,vt) (form) to praise (someone of lower status); to extol; to applaud; to esteem

Variations:
遣る
行る

 yaru(p); yaru(sk)
    やる(P); ヤる(sk)
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) (colloquialism) (See する・1) to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to send; to dispatch; to despatch; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; (transitive verb) (5) (kana only) to make (a vehicle) go faster; (transitive verb) (6) (kana only) to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; (transitive verb) (7) (kana only) to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; (transitive verb) (8) (kana only) (See 演る) to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; (transitive verb) (9) (kana only) to ease (one's mind); (transitive verb) (10) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See 殺る) to harm; to injure; to kill; (transitive verb) (11) (kana only) (slang) (vulgar) (oft. written as ヤる) to have sex; to fuck; to bang; (v5r,vi) (12) (kana only) (See やって行く,やって来る・1) to live; to get by; to get along; (suf,v5r) (13) (kana only) (after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative) to do ... completely; (suf,v5r) (14) (kana only) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; (aux-v,v5r) (15) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb; sometimes with negative nuance) to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to; (aux-v,v5r) (16) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) to make active efforts to ...

Variations:
お腰
御腰(sK)

 okoshi
    おこし
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (See 腰・1) buttocks; lower back; waist; hips; (2) (feminine speech) (See 腰巻) kimono underskirt

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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This page contains 100 results for "Lower" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.

No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.

Japanese Kanji Dictionary

Free Asian Dictionary

Chinese Kanji Dictionary

Chinese Words Dictionary

Chinese Language Dictionary

Japanese Chinese Dictionary