The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets [ ].)
Kanji Scrabble #15, Key Kanji: [下]
車、中、上、道、高、足、金、水、火、目 (Learn How to Play Here)
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Answers:
| Kanji | Kana | English |
|---|---|---|
| 上下 | うえした | (n) high and low/up and down/unloading and loading/praising and blaming/(P)/ |
| 上下水道 | じょうげすいどう | (n) water and sewer services/ |
| 上中下 | じょうちゅうげ | (n) excellent-good-poor/first-second-third (class)/ |
| 下下 | したじた | (n) the lower classes/the common people/ |
| 下水 | げすい | (n) (1) drainage/ditch/gutter/sewerage/(2) sewage/black water/(P)/ |
| 下水道 | げすいどう | (n) drain/sewer/drainage system/(P)/ |
| 下火 | したび | (n) burning low/waning/declining/(P)/ |
| 下目 | しため | (n) downward glance/contemptuous look/ |
| 下足 | げそ | (n) squid tentacles/ |
| 下車 | げしゃ | (n,vs) alighting (from train, bus, etc.)/getting off/(P)/ |
| 下道 | したみち | (n) (1) down-town/the lower town/(2) minor road/ |
| 下金 | したがね | (n) basic metal (in an art object)/old metal/ |
| 水上下 | みずかみしも | (n) light blue samurai costume commonly worn when committing suicide/ |
| 目下 | めした | (n) subordinate(s)/inferior(s)/junior/(P)/ |
| 足下 | あしもと | (n) (1) at one’s feet/underfoot/(2) gait/pace/step/(pn) (3) you/thou/(P)/ |
| 高下 | こうげ | (n,vs) rise and fall (prices)/superiority and inferiority (rank)/ |
