引き下げ (Hikisage): Reduction, Cut

Meaning

English

reduction
cut

Reading

Kana

ひきさげ

Romaji

hikisage

Writing Variants

引下げ ひきさげ hikisage

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 引き上げ Rank 9779 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

引き下げる

ひきさげる

to pull down

引き下がる

ひきさがる

to back down

引っ張り下ろす

ひっぱりおろす

to pull down

引き上げ

ひきあげ

repatriation

引き付ける

ひきつける

to have a convulsion

引っ掛かる

ひっかかる

to splash

引き金

ひきがね

trigger (of a gun, etc.)

引き出し

ひきだし

drawer

引き分け

ひきわけ

draw (in competition)

引き続き

ひきつづき

continuously

引き出す

ひきだす

to withdraw (money)

引き受ける

ひきうける

to contract (a disease)

Example Sentences

2

日本では、民法の改正により、２０２２年４月から成人年齢が１８歳に引き下げられます。

In accordance with amendments to the Civil Code, starting April 2022, the age of majority in Japan will be lowered to 18.

成人年齢が１８歳に引き下げられた後も、成人式は今まで通り２０歳で行うという自治体が多いようです。

Even after the legal age of adulthood got lowered to 18, it seems like there's still a lot of places where they continue to do their coming of age ceremonies at 20, as they'd been doing before.