Japanese symbol for “crashing”
ダウン
ダウン
Romaji: daun
fall; decrease; drop; going down
In Japanese, crashing is ダウン (daun).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs fall; decrease; drop; going down
- n, vi, vs knocking down; flooring; being knocked down; being floored (boxing)
- 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
- n, vi, vs going down (of a computer system, server, etc.); crashing (comp)
- n (number of) outs (baseb)
- n being down (in points, games, etc.); being behind; trailing (sports)
Other Japanese words for “crashing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| メリメリ | メリメリ merimeri | cracking; splitting; ripping |
| 鼕々 | とうとう toutou | rushing (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.