下
した
hepburn shita
down, below, under
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 机の下に犬がいます。There is a dog under the desk.
- 靴下を脱ぎます。I take off my socks.
Collocations
~の下 (under/below)下から (from below)一番下 (very bottom)年下 (younger, "year below")靴下 (kutsushita, socks — "shoe-under")
Mnemonic
下 shita — spatial "below/under". Onyomi か (ka) and げ (ge): 下手 heta (unskilled), 地下 chika (underground), 下車 gesha (get off vehicle). 靴下 kutsushita (socks = shoe + under) is a literal visual compound. Opposite: 上 ue.
Quick check
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