Last Updated:2025/11/21

(nautical) To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail). / (figuratively) To decrease or reduce (something). / (intransitive, nautical) To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield.

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amain

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amain

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Verb
obsolete transitive figuratively intransitive
Japanese Meaning
(航海用語で)船のトップセイルを降ろす、特に揚帆時に用いられる意味 / 比喩的に、何かを減少させる、縮小させる / (自動詞として、航海用語で)屈服の意を示すためにトップセイルを下げる、降伏する
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突風が近づいてきたので、船長は乗組員にトップセイルを下ろすよう命じた。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

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