- 降りる【おりる】 - to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount, to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm) 
- 降る【ふる】 - to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down, to form (of frost), to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in, to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive 
- 以降【いこう】 - on and after, from ... onward, since 
- 降伏【こうふく】 - surrender, capitulation, submission, yield 
- 降参【こうさん】 - surrender, submission, capitulation, being defeated (e.g. by a problem), giving up, giving in 
- 下降【かこう】 - descent, fall, drop, decline, downturn, subsidence 
- 降下【こうか】 - descent, fall, drop, (atmospheric) depression, passing down (of an order, decree, etc.) 
- 乗り降り【のりおり】 - getting on and off (a vehicle), boarding and alighting 
- 降水【こうすい】 - rainfall, precipitation 
- 雨降り【あめふり】 - rainfall, rainy weather, rainy, wet 
- 投降【とうこう】 - surrender 
- 土砂降り【どしゃぶり】 - downpour, pouring rain, heavy rain, pelting rain, cloudburst 
- 霜降り【しもふり】 - speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.), marbling (of beef), (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water, formation of frost 
- 滑降【かっこう】 - descent (esp. in skiing), sliding down, skiing down, downhill (race) 
- 降雨【こうう】 - rainfall, rain 
- 降水量【こうすいりょう】 - amount of precipitation, precipitation 
- 降板【こうばん】 - leaving the mound, being knocked out, resignation, stepping down, withdrawing 
- 乗降【じょうこう】 - getting on and off, embarking and disembarking 
- 降雪【こうせつ】 - snowfall, snow 
- 降格【こうかく】 - demotion, relegation, downgrading