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下り

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

下り — “outbound/down train (away from Tokyo)”

下り (read くだり) means outbound/down train (away from Tokyo). It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

くだり

Meaning

outbound/down train (away from Tokyo)

下り in a sentence

下くだりの電車でんしゃに乗のる。

I board the outbound train.

The kanji in 下り

下below, down

Words that share a kanji with 下り

下さいください— (with te-form verb) please do for me
靴下くつした— socks
下した— under, below, beneath
地下鉄ちかてつ— underground train, subway
下手へた— unskillful, poor
廊下ろうか— corridor
下がるさがる— to go down, to fall, to drop
下げるさげる— to lower, to bring down, to reduce

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