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JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

crash
fall (down)

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ツイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
お.ãĄã‚‹
お.つ

Common Words

åĸœãĄã‚‹
ãŠãĄã‚‹
čŊる
Intransitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #314
1

to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse; to cave in; to give way

Examples
ãŠã˜ã„ãĄã‚ƒã‚“ãŒéšŽæŽĩからčŊãĄãĻ大æ€Ē我をしたんだ。
Grandpa fell down the stairs and got a serious injury.
2

to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to dip; to go down

Examples
åąąãŽå‘ã“ã†ãĢæ—ĨがčŊãĄãŸã€‚
The sun descended behind the mountains.
3

to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to drop; to go down; to decline; to deteriorate; to abate (of wind)

Examples
ä슿œˆã¯åŖ˛ä¸ŠãŒčŊãĄãŸã€‚
Sales are down this month.
4

to be inferior (to); to be not as good (as); to fall short (of)

5

to come off (of dirt, paint, makeup, etc.); to come out (of a stain); to fade (of colour); to be removed (of an illness, possessing spirit, etc.)

Examples
ã“ãŽã‚¤ãƒŗã‚­ãŽæŸ“ãŋã¯æ´—ãŖãĻもčŊãĄãĒい。
This ink stain will not wash out.
6

to disappear (of excess fat); to become thinner; to become leaner

7

to be left out; to be omitted; to be missing

Examples
į§ãŽåå‰ãŒåį°ŋからčŊãĄãĻいぞす。
My name is omitted from the list.
8

to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful

Examples
勉åŧˇã—ãĒいとčŠĻ験ãĢčŊãĄã‚‹ã‚ˆã€‚
If you don't study, you will fail the exam.
9

Also written as å •ãĄã‚‹

to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to sink (so low)

Examples
僕ãĢ嘘をつくとはåŊŧもčŊãĄãŸã‚‚ã‚“ã ã€‚
He degraded himself by telling me lies.
10

Also written as å •ãĄã‚‹

to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)

Examples
ãŠå‰ãŽé­‚ã¯åœ°į„ãĢåĸœãĄã‚‹ãŽã ã€‚
Your soul has been condemned to hell.
11

to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)

Examples
åŊŧåĨŗã¯åŊŧã‚’ä¸€į›ŽčĻ‹ãĻ恋ãĢčŊãĄãŸã€‚
She fell in love with him at first sight.
12

to fall (into someone's hands); to be accepted (of a bid); to be won (of a tender); to be honoured (of a bill)

Examples
そぎéƒŊ市はæ•ĩぎ手ãĢčŊãĄãŸã€‚
The city fell to the enemy.
13

to fall into (a trap); to fall for (a trick)

14

to give in

15

to confess; to own up

16

to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.); to arrive at (in the end)

17

to leave (a city, castle, etc.); to (be defeated and) flee

18

to sink in; to be accepted (in one's heart)

19

to fall (to the enemy); to be defeated

20

to come in (of money)

21

to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.)

22

to pass out (in judo); to fall unconscious

23

Computing

to go down (of a website, server, etc.); to crash

Examples
ã‚ĩãƒŧバãƒŧがčŊãĄãĻいた。
The server was down.
24

Slang

to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.); to drop out; to leave; to go offline

25

to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather)

26

to die (of an animal)

čŊす
おとす
Godan verb
Transitive
Freq #789
1

to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind

Examples
åŊŧã¯čŠąį“ļをčŊとした。
He dropped a vase.
道ぎ途中でéĩをčŊとしたãĢ違いãĒい。
I must have lost my key along the way.
2

to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape

Examples
トニãƒŧã¯ã‚ˇãƒŖãƒ„ã‚’č„ąã„ã§ã€ãã‚Œã§ãƒ”ã‚ĸノぎよごれをčŊとしぞした。
Tony took off his shirt and cleaned the piano with it.
3

to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)

Examples
昨嚴åŊŧは期æœĢぎīŧ’į§‘į›Žã‚’čŊとした。
Last year, he failed two of his final examinations.
4

to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances

Examples
ããŽã‚šã‚­ãƒŖãƒŗãƒ€ãƒĢがåŊŧãŽčŠ•åˆ¤ã‚’čŊとした。
The scandal detracted from his reputation.
ãģãŖãã„é“ãĢãģとんお゚ピãƒŧドをčŊとさず、čĩ°ã‚Šã“んだ。「čŋ‘道ãĒã‚“ã§ã™ã‚ˆã€ã€ŒãŖãĻã“ã“ã€ã‚ãœé“ã€œã€œã€œãŖīŧã€
We sped into the narrow track, hardly dropping any speed. "It's a short cut!" "Oi! It's a footpath!!"
5

to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with

6

Computing

to download; to copy from a computer to another medium

Examples
æ—ĨæœŦčĒžãŽã‚ŊフトをčŊã¨ã™ã‚ŗãƒ„ãƒģいいã‚ĩイトありぞせんかīŧŸ
Are there any knacks, or good sites, for downloading Japanese software?
7

Martial arts

to make someone swoon (judo)

8

to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)

9

to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

10

Colloquial

to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)

ついらく
īŊžã™ã‚‹ Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #10456
1

fall; crash (of an aircraft)

Examples
上へ昇れば昇るãģお、それだけåĸœčŊãŽį¨‹åēĻは大きくãĒる。
The higher you climb, the greater the fall.
æ˛ˆå­
いわ
åĸœå­
Noun
Freq #14090
1

Also written å˛Š

weight (of a fishing net)

げきつい
īŊžã™ã‚‹ Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #16007
1

shooting down (an aircraft)

Examples
åŊŧらはįŠēčĨ˛ã‚’受けたときæ•ĩãŽéŖ›čĄŒæŠŸã‚’īŧ’抟撃åĸœã—た。
They shot down two enemy planes during the raid.
ã—ãŖã¤ã„
īŊžã™ã‚‹ Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Transitive
Freq #24921
1

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

Examples
おんãĒį†į”ąãŒã‚ã‚ã†ã¨ã€ã›ãŖã‹ãčģŒé“ãĢ䚗せたč˛ŋæ˜“ã‚’å¤ąåĸœã•ã›ãŸãŽã¯å¤§å¤ąæ…‹ã ã€‚
Whatever the reason, forfeiting the trade that we finally got on track is a fiasco.
ついらくし
īŊžã™ã‚‹ Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #65314
1

death by falling

ついらくじこ
Noun
Freq #71609
1

plane crash

Examples
そぎåĸœčŊä狿•…でīŧ”īŧīŧäēēもぎ䚗åŽĸがæ­ģäēĄã—た。
As many as 400 passengers were killed in the crash.
ついし
īŊžã™ã‚‹ Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #104856
1

falling to one's death

åĸœã¤
堕つ
おつ
Intransitive
Archaic
Freq #122731
1

Nidan verb (upper class)

to fall; to drop

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