How to say 'Down' in Japanese | ダウン

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The Japanese word for Down is 'Daun', written as ダウン in Japanese.

word

ダウン

Meaning

Down

Reading

Daun

Explanation

The Japanese verbal noun 'ダウン (daun)' is derived from the English word 'down' and is used in various contexts. It often refers to a state of being down, such as a computer or system being down, or a person feeling physically or emotionally down. For example: The server is down「サーバーがダウンしている」(サーバーがダウンしている). He is feeling down today「彼は今日ダウンしている」(かれはきょうダウンしている). Additionally, it can be used in sports to indicate a player being down or knocked out, as in 'He was down in the first round'「彼は最初のラウンドでダウンした」(かれはさいしょのラウンドでダウンした).

Part Of Speech

verbal noun

Frequency

5735

Composition

katakana

Handwriting

Katakana in the Word ダウン

This word contains 3 Katakana characters :

katakana

ダ

Reading

katakana

ウ

Reading

katakana

ン

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'Daun' means 'Down' .

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