降り
Meanings
Noun
1. down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route
Noun
No-adjective
2. down-slope; downward going
No-adjective
Noun
3. downbound (esp. away from Tokyo)
Noun
Prefix
4. downstream; downhill
Other spellings
下り
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
くだり
Used in vocabulary
天下り
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition; descent from heaven
Noun
Examples1
ここ の 下り も 手掛かり が ない ので 危険 だ。
The downclimb here is also dangerous as there are no handholds.