日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningsdescend, precipitate, fall, surrender
On'yomiコウ、ゴ
Kun'yomiお、お、ふ、ふ、くだ、くだ
Strokes10
Radical

Compounds

  • on and after, from ... onward, since

  • to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down, to form (of frost), to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight)

  • surrender, submission, capitulation, being defeated (e.g. by a problem)

Example sentences

  • It is raining.

  • Snow falls silently and piles up ... on top of me.

  • Quitting my office job was a leap in the dark.

  • They got off at the next bus stop.

  • It's OK if Yukiko can do the Tuesday, Thursday and Friday shifts from tomorrow.

  • The sky looks ominous. I wonder if it will rain.

  • Therefore I'm giving up for now. I'll still try to check out other possibilities but ... I think hopes are slim.

  • After the second innings, the opposing pitcher recovered too, and it turned into a pitching duel.