下回る

• 読み: したまわる
• ローマ字: shitamawaru
• 漢字の分解: 下 (ka/shita) — below, under; 回 (kai/mawa) — turn, revolve
• 発音: /ɕi.ta.ma.wa.ɾɯ/

意味

To fall below; to be less than; to be lower than. Used for figures, statistics, or expectations that come in under a certain level.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb commonly used in news, business, and data analysis to describe numbers or results falling below a target, estimate, or previous figure. The opposite of 上回る (to exceed). Frequently appears with を to mark the benchmark being fallen short of.

例文

1. 今月の売上は目標を下回った。
2. 気温が平年を下回る日が続いている。
3. 予想を下回り、株価が急落した。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, news, statistics

トーン: objective

起源と歴史

Compound of 下 (below, under) and 回る (to turn, to go around). Literally means to go around below — circling under a certain threshold or standard.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Professional