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下野

下野

Chinese

 
under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter
 
field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild
simp. and trad.
(下野)

Verb

下野

  1. (politics) to be forced to step down

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しも
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Proper noun

下野 (hiragana しもの, romaji Shimono)

  1. A surname.
Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 2

下野 (hiragana しもつけ, romaji Shimotsuke)

  1. Shimotsuke Province, an old province of Japan
  2. a place name, such as that of Shimotsuke City in Tochigi Prefecture