Drop - Touka

Japanese: 投下 - とうか

〘noun〙① To throw an object from above downwards. To throw down. ※Fuzoku Gaho, issue 463 (1914), Seigoku Senki, "Flying over Qingdao harbor, they dropped bombs (abbreviated) ." [Han Shu, Biography of Yang Xiong] ② To provide capital for a business. Investment. ※I was invited to see the Chinese Communist Party (1956), from Tachibana Yoshimori, is the Chinese Communist Party heaven or hell? "How can such insane capital be invested in workers' housing?"

Throw down [drop]

〘Other Sa 5 (4)〙 Throw from above toward below. ※The Chronicles (720) Kamiyo no Shita ( Kanekata Honkun) "He then took his arrow, returned it, and threw it down . The arrow fell and struck Amewakahiko high above the chest." ※The spring of the third year passes quickly ( 1973)〈Sugiura Akihira〉2 "The fastball thrown down from Sato's left arm is"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 物体を上方から下方へ投げ落とすこと。投げおろすこと。※風俗画報‐四六三号（1914）征独戦記「青島港上を飛翔して〈略〉爆弾を投下(トウカ)せるに」〔漢書‐揚雄伝〕② 事業のために資本を出すこと。投資。※招かれて見た中共（1956）〈橘善守〉中共は天国か、地獄か？「労働者住宅にどうしてバクダイな資本が投下できよう？」

なげ‐おろ・す【投下】

〘他サ五（四）〙上から下の方へ向けて投げる。※書紀（720）神代下（兼方本訓）「是に、矢を取りて還(かへ)して投下(ナケオロシ)たまふ。其の矢、落下(おちくた)りて則ち、天稚彦が胸上(たかむなさか)に中(た)ちぬ」※三とせの春は過ぎやすし（1973）〈杉浦明平〉二「佐藤の左腕から投げおろす豪速球は」

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