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N2 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

下降(かこう)downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      descent, fall, drop, decline, downturn, subsidence

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    下降 【かこう】

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      飛行機(ひこうき)下降(かこう)している。もうすぐで着陸(ちゃくりく)だ。

      The airplane is descending. It will land soon. {downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence}

      • N2

      支持(しじ)(りつ)下降(かこう)しているので、大臣(だいじん)(あせ)っています。

      The minister is panicking because the approval rate is falling. {downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence}

      • N2

      営業(えいぎょう)成績(せいせき)下降(かこう)している社員(しゃいん)給料(きゅうりょう)()げるつもりだ。

      I plan to lower the salary of employees whose sales performance is declining. {downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence}

      • N2

      (しん)製品(せいひん)発売(はつばい)(はじ)めただけに、なぜ業績(ぎょうせき)下降(かこう)しているのか()からない。

      We just started releasing new products, so I don't understand why our performance is declining. {downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence}

      • N2

      経済(けいざい)回復(かいふく)してきているおかげで売上(うりあげ)(さん)ヶ月(かげつ)ぶりに下降(かこう)から上昇(じょうしょう)(てん)じました。

      Thanks to the recovery of the economy, sales have increased for the first time in the three months since a decline. {downward, descent, fall, drop, subsidence}

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