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Japanese symbol for “crashing”

Romaji: daun
fall; decrease; drop; going down

In Japanese, crashing is (daun).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vi, vs fall; decrease; drop; going down
  2. n, vi, vs knocking down; flooring; being knocked down; being floored (boxing)
  3. n, vi, vs being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); being knocked out (from alcohol); being out of it; collapsing
  4. n, vi, vs going down (of a computer system, server, etc.); crashing (comp)
  5. n (number of) outs (baseb)
  6. n being down (in points, games, etc.); being behind; trailing (sports)

Other Japanese words for “crashing”

WordReadingMeaning
メリメリ merimericracking; splitting; ripping
とうとう toutourushing (water); crashing (of waves)

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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