Illustration: At a community table-tennis tournament in a Japanese gymnasium, three adult competitors stand on an unnumbered winners’ podium. The central winner occupies the tallest block and holds a large trophy; the competitor on the intermediate block holds a smaller cup.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

下か位い

kai

lower rank, lower position

Example sentences

  1. だがシーズン開幕かいまくからなかなか波なみに乗のり切きれず下位かいに低迷ていめい。

    But the team was not able to ride on the wave of a good condition from the opening of the season, and stayed low in the standings.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 子爵ししゃくの下位かいに相当そうとうする。

    It is ranked below Viscount.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 公爵こうしゃくの下位かい、伯爵はくしゃくの上位じょういに相当そうとうする。

    It ranks below a duke and above a count.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 下位

  • 下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと
  • 位rank; gradeOnイKunくらい・ぐらい

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