To Descend
To Go Down
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji means below, so you can guess the direction this movement verb takes: this is to descend, or to go down.
As a movement verb, it usually describes a gradual downward movement. For example, you'd use this verb to describe walking down a mountain, driving down a hill, or going down a river in a boat.
This verb uses the exceptional reading that 下さい also uses. So just replace the さい with る and you're good to go!
あとはそのまま来た道を下るだけだ。
After that, we just go back down the way we came.
スケボーに乗った男が山を下っていった。
A man riding a skateboard zoomed down the mountain.
日本では、北に行くことを「上る」、南に行くことを「下る」と言うことがあります。
In Japan, there is a concept of referring to going north as "ascending" and going south as "descending."