Illustration: Above an isolated Japanese mountain hut, a helicopter crew member has just released a compact supply crate from an open cargo doorway. The crew member's empty hands remain extended above the crate, and a small parachute is opening between the aircraft and the falling load.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

投とう下か

touka

to drop from above

Example sentences

飛行機ひこうきは、街まちに爆弾ばくだんを投下とうかした。
The plane dropped bombs on the city.
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１９４５年広島ねんひろしまに原子爆弾げんしばくだんが投下とうかされた。
An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
救援物資きゅうえんぶっしの投下とうかは、強風きょうふうで中止ちゅうしになった。
The airdrop of relief supplies was canceled because of strong winds.
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Kanji in 投下

投throw; discardOnトウKunなげる
下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと

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