落

slip; omission

upshot; denouement; outcome; final result

Word usually written using kana alone; Often オチ

punch line (of a joke)

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

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

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

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

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.)

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

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

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

Also written as 堕ちる

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

Also written as 堕ちる

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

to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)

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

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

to give in

to confess; to own up

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

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

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

to fall (to the enemy); to be defeated

to come in (of money)

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

to pass out (in judo); to fall unconscious

Computing

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

Slang

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

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

to die (of an animal)

to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax

to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate

to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in

to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.); to be fixed; to have been reached

to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit

Usu. before a noun as 落ち着いた

to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued

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

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

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

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

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

Computing

to download; to copy from a computer to another medium

Martial arts

to make someone swoon (judo)

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

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

Colloquial

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

to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits

to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition

to fall into (e.g. a hole)

fall; drop; descent; coming down

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

calmness; composure; presence of mind

stability; steadiness

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

pitfall; trap; pit

to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together

to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together

mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission; oversight; lapse

lightning strike; lightning bolt

to fall; to drop

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

to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times

Common noun

fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves

らくよう only; Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

leaf fall; dropping leaves; defoliation

らくよう only; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

deciduous

to stay calm; to keep cool

fallen scraps; scatterings

leftovers; remainder; pickings; odds and ends

Colloquial; Sensitive; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)

difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); fall distance

difference; gap

lost property; something dropped and left behind

dropping something (without realising); losing something

dropping; losing

missing item; something one forgot to write down

cleaning; removing; ridding

trap

wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed

conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi

failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year)

falling short of the standard; not making the grade

falling from a horse