Word details

落ちこぼれ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 落ちこぼれ.

Dictionary

Entry

落ちこぼれ落ち零れちこぼれNounFreq #21642
1

fallen scraps; scatterings

2

leftovers; remainder; pickings; odds and ends

3

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.)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet

12 strokesFrequency 420JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ラク

Kun

お.ちるお.ちお.とす

Nanori

おち

zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher

13 strokesFrequency 1,217JLPT N2Grade 8

On

レイ

Kun

ぜろこぼ.すこぼ.れる

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