落ちる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 落ちる
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)
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