落 — fall, drop, come down

Readings

On'yomi

ラク

Kun'yomi

お.ちるお.ちお.とす

Example words

• 墜落ついらくfalling; crashing
• 落ちるおちる(1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money) (2) to be omitted; to be missing (3) to decrease; to sink (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.) (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind (6) to become indecent (of a conversation) (7) to be ruined; to go under (8) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick) (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender (13) to come to (in the end); to end in (14) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) (15) to swoon (judo) (16) to consent; to understand (17) to crash; to freeze (18) (of animals) to die (19) to move to the depths
• 落ち込むおちこむ(1) to feel down (sad) (2) to be in a slump (e.g. business, economy); to be in an unfavourable condition (3) to fall into (e.g. a hole)
• 落ち着きおちつき(1) calmness; composure; presence of mind (2) stability; steadiness
• 落下らっかfall; drop; come down
• 落とすおとす(1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election) (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with (6) to download; to copy from a computer to another medium (7) to make someone swoon (judo) (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line) (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
• 落ち葉おちば(1) fallen leaves; leaf litter (2) deciduous
• 転落てんらくfall; degradation; slump; spill