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おり, 降り
Mahjong term, Usually in kana
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
この降りでは彼は来ない。
降る, ふる
Conjugated: 降り
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down
2. to form (of frost)
3. to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in
4. to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to arrive
シカゴのあたりでは雨が降っていました。
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下る, 降る, くだる
Conjugated: 降り
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to descend, to go down, to come down
2. to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
3. to pass (of time)
4. to surrender, to capitulate
often in neg. form
5. to be less than, to be inferior to
山を下ったところに学校がある。
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降りる, 下りる, おりる
Ichidan verb, Intransitive, esp. 下りる
1. to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down
esp. 降りる
2. to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount
3. to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold
4. to be granted, to be issued, to be given
5. to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.)
今朝は露が降りた。
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土砂降り, どしゃ降り, ドシャ降り, どしゃぶり, ドシャぶり
downpour, pouring rain, heavy rain, pelting rain, cloudburst
雨が土砂降りになった。
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降り注ぐ, 降りそそぐ, 降注ぐ, ふりそそぐ
Godan verb, Intransitive
to rain incessantly, to downpour
雨がまともに私に降り注いでいた。
本降り, ほんぶり
heavy rainfall, heavy snowfall, steady rainfall, downpour, raining in earnest
雨は本降りになってきた。
乗り降り, のりおり
Takes suru, Intransitive
getting on and off (a vehicle), boarding and alighting
私たちは、ここでバスを乗り降りします。
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霜降り, 霜降, しもふり
May take 'no'
1. speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)
See 霜降り肉
2. marbling (of beef)
See 霜降り作り, Abbreviation
3. (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water
orig. meaning
4. formation of frost
日本の牛は広範囲に霜降りがある。
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降り口, 下り口, 降口, 下口, おりぐち, おりくち
1. top (of a flight of stairs), end (of a moving walkway)
See 乗り口・1
2. exit door (e.g. of a bus), steps down (from a bus, etc.)
降りしきる, 降り頻る, ふりしきる
Godan verb, Intransitive
to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.), to fall hard, to fall heavily, to pour down
雪が降りしきっている。
降りしく, 降り敷く, 降敷く, ふりしく
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 散り敷く
to lie scattered, to be strewn with, to be covered with
降りかかる, 降り掛かる, 降り懸かる, 降り掛る, 降り懸る, 降掛かる, 降懸かる, 降掛る, 降懸る, ふりかかる
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to fall onto
2. to happen, to befall
降り積もる, 降積もる, ふりつもる
Godan verb
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow), to lie thick
雪がしんしんと降り積もる・・・オレの体に。