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13 word matches found for '下' using reading 'もと'
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Most common form: 足元
1. at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step")
noun
2. gait; pace; step
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Most common form: 山本
noun
1. foot of a mountain; base of a mountain  (see also: 山下)
2. mine; colliery  (esp. 山元)
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expression
1. under the supervision of  (often written with kana only)
2. underneath
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Most common form: 足元を見る
expression, ichidan verb
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price); from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly
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expression
under a tree  (archaic)
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Most common form: 御膝下
noun
home territory of a powerful figure; Imperial Court; businessman's turf; Shogun's headquarters  (see also: 膝元)
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noun
1. near one's knee
2. under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of
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under the guidance of; under the leadership of
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expression
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
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by a single blow
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expression
fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things  (idiomatic expression)
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expression
there are no cowardly soldiers under a superior general
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under (esp. influence or guidance)  (sometimes written 元)
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