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落ちる

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

Dictionary

Entry

落ちる墜ちる落るIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #314
1

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

Examples
おじいちゃんが階段から落ちて大怪我をしたんだ。
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
山の向こうに日が落ちた
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
今月は売上が落ちた
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
このインキの染みは洗っても落ちない
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
私の名前が名簿から落ちています
My name is omitted from the list.
8

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

Examples
勉強しないと試験に落ちるよ。
If you don't study, you will fail the exam.
9

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)

Examples
僕に嘘をつくとは彼も落ちたもんだ。
He degraded himself by telling me lies.
10

Also written as 堕ちる

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

Examples
お前の魂は地獄に墜ちるのだ。
Your soul has been condemned to hell.
11

to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)

Examples
彼女は彼を一目見て恋に落ちた
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
その都市は敵の手に落ちた
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
サーバーが落ちていた
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)

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

crash, fall (down)

14 strokesFrequency 1,466JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ツイ

Kun

お.ちるお.つ

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