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► 名詞
  [(2)した]    meaning:  below  rank: 1
☆ 下の商店だ ⇨ The floor below is a store
☆ は下の者達にとても人気がある ⇨ He’s very popular among the people under him, who work for him
☆ 彼女ドレスの下にていなかった ⇨ She was wearing nothing under her dress
☆ 彼女椅子の下にいた ⇨ She put her bag under the seat
☆ の下をれている ⇨ There’s a river flowing underneath the bridge

  [(2)もと]  [liter]    meaning:  under  rank: 2
☆ 成績はそのコーチ指導の下で大き改善した ⇨ His performance has improved significantly under the tutelage of the coach
☆ 彼女大学くためにの下をれた ⇨ She left her parents (home) to go to college
☆ 治安維持の下での少数民族弾圧 ⇨ An oppression of minorities under the name of maintaining the national security

  [(2)しも]  [coll]  [euphemism]    meaning:  sex  rank: 3
☆ は下の好きだ ⇨ He likes to talk about sex

  [(2)しも]  [coll]  [euphemism]    meaning:  toilet  rank: 3
☆ 祖父は下の世話必要だ ⇨ My grandfather needs toileting help

  [げ]  [liter]    meaning:  low  rank: 4
☆ おなんか下の下だ ⇨ You are the lowest of the low
☆ その小説は上中下の三かれている ⇨ That novel is broken into three volumes of the first, middle and last

► 接尾辞
  [か]  [liter]    meaning:  under  rank: 2
☆ その独裁者の支配下にある ⇨ The country is under the rule of the dictator
☆ 薬物の影響下にある ⇨ He is under the influence of substance

► 接頭辞
  [(2)した]    meaning:  pre  rank: 3
☆ 下ごしらえ ⇨ 


More examples:
  • 位置いて下さい ⇨ Get yourself ready at the starting grid
  • エレベーター点検整備中につき、階段利用下さい ⇨ The elevator is under maintenance, so please use the stairs
  • 連絡して下さいね ⇨ Please let me know
  • 使用説明書には手順が以下のように記載されている ⇨ The steps are written out in the instruction manual as follows
  • この一冊しかないので回覧して下さい ⇨ There is only one copy of the book, so please read and pass to next person
  • にどっかとを下ろした ⇨ He sat down on the floor with a thud
  • 気分の上下がしい ⇨ A person with a lot of ups and downs, fluctuations, in mood
  • 待って下さい、それはかの間違いでしょう ⇨ Wait a second, that must be some kind of mistake
  • 返事下さいますか? ⇨ Could you please give me an answer, response?
  • 事故で下半身が麻痺した ⇨ He got paralyzed waist down in an accident
  • は一応下がった ⇨ The fever has subsided, at least for now
  • 逆様に吊り下げられていた ⇨ He was hung upside down
  • 値段が下がったにすかさず注文した ⇨ I immediately ordered when the price dropped
  • は部下に仕事割り振った ⇨ He allocated the tasks to his people
  • 温度の下限 ⇨ The lower limit of temperature