# 降 descend /rainfall / get out of vehicle

(town) + (eachbottom) + (fuck)
★★★★☆
10 strokes
JERK

## Onyomi

KOU | Some poo descended from my COLON.

## Mnemonic

| He gets out of his vehicle at each town to fuck the locals. (FYI he's a christian missionary, and he's teaching them the position favored by the Lord)

## Kunyomi

( を ) お＊りる | get off the bus/ taxi / train ★★★★☆
( が ) ふ＊る | rain falls ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

が 降参(こうさん) する | surrender ★★☆☆☆ 降 (descend /rainfall / get out of vehicle ) + 参 (admit defeat / visit) = 降参 (surrender) a casual word for surrender: to give up mid-game. A politician concedes defeat. To say uncle.
降伏(こうふく) | surrender ★☆☆☆☆ 降 (descend /rainfall / get out of vehicle ) + 伏 (lay face down) = 降伏 (surrender) surrender - unlike the more casual 降参　（こうさん）, 降伏 is used when you, like, lose a war.

## Synonyms

from now on, since then 以前 以来 以後 以降 きり それから 今後
surrender 降参する 降伏 自首