Word Meaning 投下

とうか touka

投下 is read as とうか (touka) and means investment.

Meaning

English

  1. investment
  2. throwing down
  3. dropping
  4. airdrop

Reading

Kana

とうか

Romaji

touka

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 11441 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

投下資本

とうかしほん

invested capital

投げ下ろす

なげおろす

to dump (a load of something)

空中投下

くうちゅうとうか

airdrop

燃料投下

ねんりょうとうか

stirring things up

下手投げ

したてなげ

underarm throw

下手出し投げ

したてだしなげ

pulling underarm throw

投資

とうし

investment

投書

とうしょ

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

投じる

とうじる

to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause)

投げる

なげる

to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

投手

とうしゅ

pitcher

投球

とうきゅう

pitching

Example Sentences

5

The fighter plane released its bombs.

The plane dropped bombs on the city.

An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

Inside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, there is a "Peace Watch Tower" that counts both the number of days since the nuclear bombing on Hiroshima as well as the days passed since the most recent nuclear weapons testing.

The small crowd at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park stood for a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m., the exact moment an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” was dropped from the U.S. warplane Enola Gay.