下げ
さげ · sage
Lowering, sinking, bringing down, letting down
- depreciation, price fall
- punch line (of a rakugo story)
Other ways to say “lowering” in Japanese →
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Example sentences
お供え餅を、鏡開きの日に下げる風習があります。
おそなえもちを、かがみびらきのひにさげるふうしゅうがあります。
There is a custom of taking down the decorative mochi on Kagami-biraki day.
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Lowering, sinking, bringing down, letting down. It can also mean: depreciation, price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story).
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さげ (sage). Pitch accent: odaka — falls on the next particle. Press Listen above to hear it.
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