下方

下方

1. lower part; area below; place below; (anatomy) inferior part

   請點擊下方按鈕。／请点击下方按钮。  ―  Qǐng diǎnjī xiàfāng ànniǔ.  ―  Please click the button below.

2. Synonym of 方棋 (fāngqí).

• (lower part): 上方 (shàngfāng)

/ka pau/ → /kaɸau/ → /kaɸɔː/ → /kahoː/

From Middle Chinese 下方 (MC ɦˠa^X pʉɐŋ). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• (Tokyo) かほー [kàhóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ho̞ː]

下(か)方(ほう) • (kahō) ^{←かはう (kafau)?}

1. the lower part; an area below, downward

   予(よ)想(そう)を下(か)方(ほう)に修(しゅう)正(せい)する ― yosō o kahō ni shūsei suru ― revise expectations downward

   Antonym: 上方 (jōhō)

From 下 (shita, “below, down, under”) +‎ 方 (kata, “person”).

Sometimes pronounced with rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) したかた [shìtákátá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕita̠ka̠ta̠]

下(した)方(かた) or 下(した)方(がた) • (shitakata or shitagata) 

1. a low rank, subordinate

下(した)方(かた) • (Shitakata) 

1. a placename

From 下 (shimo, “lower”) +‎ 方 (kata, “person”).

Sometimes pronounced with rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) しも​かた [shìmóꜜkàtà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕimo̞ka̠ta̠]

下(しも)方(かた) or 下(しも)方(がた) • (shimokata or shimogata) 

1. a low rank, subordinate

下(しも)方(かた) • (Shimokata) 

1. a placename
2. a surname

下(しも)方(がた) • (Shimogata) 

1. a placename

From 下 (shita, “below, down, under”) +‎ 方 (sama, “appearance, style”).

The sama changes to zama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

下(した)方(ざま) • (shitazama) 

1. Synonym of 下様 (shimozama): a low rank, subordinate

   Antonym: 上方 (uezama)

From 下 (sita, “below, down, under”) +‎ 邊 (-pe₁, “location, direction”).

下方 (sitape₁) (kana したへ)

1. the land of the dead, underworld
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 905), text here

     和可家禮婆道行之良士末比波世武之多敞乃使於比弖登保良世

     wakake₁reba mi₁tiyuki₁ sirazi mapi₁ pa semu sitape₁ no₂ tukapi₁ opi₁te to₂porase

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Synonyms: 根の國 (ne no₂ kuni), 黃泉 (yo₂mi₂)

• Japanese: 下方 (shitahe), in modern Japanese dictionaries