Word details

落ちぶれる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 落ちぶれる.

Dictionary

Entry

落ちぶれるちぶれる零落れる落魄れるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #18135
1

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

Examples
いまはおちぶれているがスミスさんは昔、たいしたものだったんだ。
Mr Smith is poor but he has seen better days.

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

soul, spirit

15 strokes

On

ハクタク

Kun

たましい

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