Word details
陥落
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 陥落.
Dictionary
Entry
1
subsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in
2
fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender
Examples
パリは１９４０年に陥落した。
Paris fell in 1940.
3
fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
4
Colloquial
giving in (to someone's persuasion); yielding; being convinced
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