Japanese symbol for “depreciation”
下落
げらく
Romaji: geraku
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
In Japanese, depreciation is 下落, read げらく (geraku).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs depreciation; decline; fall; slump
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “depreciation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 低減 | ていげん teigen | decrease; reduction; fall |
| 償却 | しょうきゃく shoukyaku | depreciation |
| 減価償却 | げんかしょうきゃく genkashoukyaku | depreciation |
| 下げ | さげ sage | depreciation; price fall |
| 減価 | げんか genka | price reduction; depreciation; abatement |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以下 | いか ika | not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under |
| 地下 | ちか chika | underground; below the ground |
| 低下 | ていか teika | fall; decline; lowering |
| 上下 | じょうげ jouge | top and bottom; high and low; above and below |
| 地下鉄 | ちかてつ chikatetsu | subway; metro; underground (railway) |
| 部下 | ぶか buka | subordinate person |
| 落ちる | おちる ochiru | to fall; to drop; to come down |
| 落ち | おち ochi | slip; omission |
See also: Chinese symbol for “depreciation”.
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.