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降る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
下る
BOOST
Reading : くだる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to descend; to go down; to come down
2. to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)  (see also: 判決が下る)
3. to pass (of time)  (see also: 下って)
4. to surrender; to capitulate
5. (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to
6. to have the runs; to have diarrhea  (see also: 腹が下る; also written as 瀉る)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 137,849 which gives a rank of 1,506
下る is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 67,000 (about 5,050,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1628 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 2157
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 17 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
ゆうびんきょく
郵便局
その
とお
くだ
った
ところです
The post office is down the street.
わたし
たち
ちい
さな
ボート
かわ
くだ
った

We went down the river in a small boat.
かのじょ
彼女
ゆうざい
有罪
はんけつ
判決
くだ
った

She was found guilty.
くだる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 194,000 (about 310,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 17 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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降る
BOOST
Reading : くだる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 33,000 (about 17,800,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4310
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   しも bottom part   もと under (influence)   さげる to lower, to reduce   さがる to be lowered   くだ to descend   くだ to judge   くださる to give   おろす to drop off (passenger)   おりる to get off (train)   
コウ   おりる to get off   おろす to drop off   ふ to fall (eg rain)   
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hill   
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