下おろす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

drop off; unload; discharge

Only when written 降ろす

Used for letting passengers off a vehicle or unloading goods from a truck, ship, etc. Often written 降ろす.

• 駅えきの前まえで乗じょう客きゃくを降おろした。

  I dropped off the passengers in front of the station.

• トラックから荷に物もつを降おろす。

  I unload the cargo from the truck.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

withdraw (money)

Specifically for taking money out of a bank account or ATM.

• 銀ぎん行こうで一いち万まん円えん下おろした。

  I withdrew 10,000 yen at the bank.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

use for the first time; wear for the first time

Refers to breaking in or using something new for the first time, especially clothing, shoes, or tools.

• 新あたらしい靴くつを下おろす。

  I wear the new shoes for the first time.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

cut off; fillet; grate; prune

Culinary and gardening use: filleting fish, grating vegetables like daikon, or pruning branches. The action involves cutting or scraping downward.

• 大だい根こんをおろして、おろしそばを作つくった。

  I grated daikon and made grated daikon soba.

• 魚さかなを三さん枚まいに下おろす。

  I fillet the fish into three pieces.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

remove from a position; oust; drop

Only when written 降ろす

Dismissing or removing someone from a job, role, or team. Often written 降ろす.

• 監かん督とくは選せん手しゅをレギュラーから降おろした。

  The manager dropped the player from the regular lineup.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

clear (table); remove (offerings); hand down

Clearing dishes from a table, removing offerings from an altar, or passing down used items like clothes to someone else.

• 食しょく事じが終おわったら、食しょっ器きを下おろしてください。

  Please clear the dishes when you finish eating.

• 姉あねのお下さがりの服ふくを下おろしてもらった。

  I received my older sister's hand-me-down clothes.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

expel from body; abort (fetus)

Medical/biological use: expelling parasites or aborting a fetus. The related kanji 堕ろす is sometimes used for abortion.

See also: 堕ろす

• 虫むし下くだしの薬くすりで回かい虫ちゅうを下おろす。

  Expel roundworms with an anthelmintic medicine.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

invoke (a spirit); call down

Spiritual or religious context: calling down a divine spirit or invoking a supernatural being.

• 祈き祷とう師しが神かみを下おろす儀ぎ式しきを行おこなった。

  The shaman performed a ritual to invoke the god.