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引き下げる[ひきさげる] (hikisageru)

to pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw

  • JLPT N1
  • Ichidan verb
  • Pitch 4
  • #9475 most frequent

Meaning

引き下げる (ひきさげる, hikisageru) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

税率ぜいりつが引き下ひきさげられた

The tax rate has been lowered.

米国べいこく連邦れんぽう準備じゅんび銀行ぎんこうは金利きんりを引き下ひきさげました。

The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates.

日銀にちぎんは公定歩合こうていぶあいを0.5%引き下ひきさげ、4.5%とした。

The Bank of Japan lowered its discount rate by half a percentage point Monday, bringing the key lending rate to 4.5%.

5%.人事院は国家公務員の給与を引き下げるよう勧告した。

The National Personnel Authority recommended lowering national public servants' salaries by 5%.

Conjugation table

引き下げる (ひきさげる) is an ichidan verb (ru-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionary引き下げる ひきさげるhikisageru
Negative引き下げない ひきさげないhikisagenai
Past引き下げた ひきさげたhikisageta
Past negative引き下げなかった ひきさげなかったhikisagenakatta
Polite (ます)引き下げます ひきさげますhikisagemasu
Polite negative引き下げません ひきさげませんhikisagemasen
Polite past引き下げました ひきさげましたhikisagemashita
Polite past negative引き下げませんでした ひきさげませんでしたhikisagemasendeshita
Te-form引き下げて ひきさげてhikisagete
Conditional (ば)引き下げれば ひきさげればhikisagereba
Conditional (たら)引き下げたら ひきさげたらhikisagetara
Potential引き下げられる ひきさげられるhikisagerareru
Passive引き下げられる ひきさげられるhikisagerareru
Causative引き下げさせる ひきさげさせるhikisagesaseru
Causative-passive引き下げさせられる ひきさげさせられるhikisagesaserareru
Volitional引き下げよう ひきさげようhikisageyou
Volitional polite引き下げましょう ひきさげましょうhikisagemashou
Imperative引き下げろ ひきさげろhikisagero
Desire (たい)引き下げたい ひきさげたいhikisagetai

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