引き下げる
ひきさげる
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to reduce; to cut
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Ichidan verb, Transitive
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to reduce; to cut- to demote
- to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon
- to withdraw (troops, etc.); to pull back; to move back
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 引き下げるひきさげる | 引き下げますひきさげます |
| Negative | 引き下げないひきさげない | 引き下げませんひきさげません |
| Past | 引き下げたひきさげた | 引き下げましたひきさげました |
| Past negative | 引き下げなかったひきさげなかった | 引き下げませんでしたひきさげませんでした |
| Te-form | 引き下げてひきさげて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 引き下げられるひきさげられる |
| Passive | 引き下げられるひきさげられる |
| Causative | 引き下げさせるひきさげさせる |
| Volitional | 引き下げようひきさげよう |
| Imperative | 引き下げろひきさげろ |
| Conditional (ば) | 引き下げればひきさげれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 引き下げたらひきさげたら |
Example sentences
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The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates.
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The Bank of Japan lowered its discount rate by half a percentage point Monday, bringing the key lending rate to 4.5%.
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The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark discount rate to an 18-year low.
日本では、民法の改正により、２０２２年４月から成人年齢が１８歳に引き下げられます。
In accordance with amendments to the Civil Code, starting April 2022, the age of majority in Japan will be lowered to 18.
成人年齢が１８歳に引き下げられた後も、成人式は今まで通り２０歳で行うという自治体が多いようです。
Even after the legal age of adulthood got lowered to 18, it seems like there's still a lot of places where they continue to do their coming of age ceremonies at 20, as they'd been doing before.