| 1 | 下 (しも) |
| (n) lower (e.g. reaches of river, classes, part of body) |
| 2 | 下期 (しもき) |
| (n-adv,n) second half of the fiscal year |
| 3 | 下座 (しもざ) |
| (n) lower seat |
| 4 | 下手 (しもて) |
| (n) the foot |
| 5 | 下に (しもに) |
| (adv) down |
| 6 | 下部 (しもべ) |
| (n) (1) manservant |
| 7 | 下無 (しもむ) |
| (n) (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) |
| 8 | 下家 (しもや) |
| (n) small attached annex |
| 9 | 下屋 (しもや) |
| (n) small attached annex |
| 10 | 下湯 (しもゆ) |
| (n) sitz bath |
| 11 | 足下 (あしもと) |
| (n) (1) at one's feet |
| 12 | 風下 (かざしも) |
| (n) leeward |
| 13 | 上下 (かみしも) |
| (n) (1) samurai costume |
| 14 | 川下 (かわしも) |
| (n) downstream |
| 15 | 下肥 (しもごえ) |
| (n) manure |
| 16 | 下坂 (しもさか) |
| (n) downhill |
| 17 | 下様 (しもざま) |
| (n) lower classes |
| 18 | 下々 (しもじも) |
| (n) the lower classes |
| 19 | 下 (しもじも) |
| (n) the lower classes |
| 20 | 下野 (しもつけ) |
| (n) (uk) (abbr) Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica) |
| 21 | 下の句 (しものく) |
| (n) the last part of a poem or Bible verse |
| 22 | 下ネタ (しもネタ) |
| (n) dirty joke |
| 23 | 下掛る (しもがかる) |
| (v5r,vi) to talk about indecent things |
| 24 | 下掛かる (しもがかる) |
| (v5r,vi) to talk about indecent things |
| 25 | 下毛野 (しもつけの) |
| (n) (arch) Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica) |
| 26 | 下の世話 (しものせわ) |
| (n) care for people (patients) with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc. |
| 27 | 下半期 (しもはんき) |
| (n) the last half-year |
| 28 | 下脹れ (しもぶくれ) |
| (n) abdominal swelling |
| 29 | 下膨れ (しもぶくれ) |
| (n) round-faced |
| 30 | 下屋敷 (しもやしき) |
| (n) villa |
| 31 | 下四半期 (しもしはんき) |
| (n) last quarter (of the year) |
| 32 | 下半身 (しもはんしん) |
| (n) lower half of body |
| 33 | 下二桁 (しもふたけた) |
| (n) last two figures of a number |
| 34 | 水上下 (みずかみしも) |
| (n) light blue samurai costume commonly worn when committing suicide |
| 35 | 足下を見る (あしもとをみる) |
| (exp,v1) to take advantage of |
| 36 | 下女中 (しもじょちゅう) |
| (n) kitchen maid |
| 37 | 下台所 (しもだいどころ) |
| (n) servants' kitchen |
| 38 | 穂咲下野 (ほざきしもつけ) |
| (n) (uk) Spiraea salicifolia (species of spirea) |
| 39 | 下二段活用 (しもにだんかつよう) |
| (n) conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation) |
| 40 | 下一段活用 (しもいちだんかつよう) |
| (n) conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru" |
| 41 | 下関条約 (しものせきじょうやく) |
| (n) Treaty of Shimonoseki |