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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to drop one's shoulders
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to lose one's life
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to thrust down; to push off
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to knock down; to knock off
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
pitfall; trap; pit
to fall off; to tumble down
to tumble down; to roll down
to fall in love
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to shake off; to throw off
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
elopement; running away with a lover
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to fall down; to drop
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to stay calm; to keep cool
to cast a shadow
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to kick down; to defeat
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
to behead; to decapitate
to flutter down
lost property; something dropped and left behind
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to be burned down
to brush off; to shake off
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to peel off and fall; to flake away
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
to disperse; to take a castle
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
to drop; to lose; to let fall
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
point of compromise; common ground
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
oversight; omission
to throw down
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
to run away; to escape safely
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
to sink in; to cave in
to wash off; to wash out
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
axe kick; ax kick
to understand fully; to be convinced; to be satisfied
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
to fall down; to drop
loser; owner of a lost article
to knock down the price of; to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction
to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)
defeated soldier fleeing the enemy
to scrape off; to plane off
one-sided; partial; unfair
to fall down with a "plop"
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
leaving (fleeing) the capital
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
to lose money; to spend money
to capture a fort
old model (of an appliance, etc.); becoming outdated; drop (type of metal casting defect)
to shoot down; to win; to gain
to slim down; to lose weight
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense
to slide down (snow, etc.)
dropping (something) headfirst down a precipice; downhill rush; plunging down a precipice
to drop into; to slip into; to let fall into; to slide (something) down
great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
colour loss (color)
to shave off (hair)
to scold severely; to thunder against; to give someone hell
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
to begin grandly; to start with a bang; to make a spectacular beginning; (lit.) to throw open the curtains
to escape safely
to be second to none (in)
to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)
escape from evil; exorcism
to fall in drops; to drip down; to trickle down
makeup remover
to leak down; to be omitted; to be missing
thrusting down (winning technique)
daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
to fail to hear; to miss
opening of a new theater (theatre)
playing with a handicap of one rook or bishop
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
"it was all a dream"-ending
left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef
to understand; to be satisfied; to be convinced
to scrape off; to rub off
getting stains out; getting rid of stains
sinking quickly
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering
to become overly logical; to be hairsplitting
allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining
crest (of a waterfall); mouth (of a sewer, etc.); outfall; spout (e.g. of a watering can); (arch.) start of a fall
to forget to write something; to leave something out; to omit something
shogi game with the superior player playing without the kaku
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop; participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.
to overlook in reading
to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion
shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders; inside joke; private joke
years since produced (of cars)
to blow down (fruit)
to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)
body drop (judo); body throw
being satisfied; being convinced; understanding
person who has lost something they used to rely on; (lit.) a monkey fallen from the tree
getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.)
cannot understand; doesn't make sense; unconvincing; hard to swallow; doesn't ring true
the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well
to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox); to be released from the grasp of a fox; to be exorcised from a fox
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
discouragement; disappointment; loss of energy; fatigue
to omit to say; to forget to mention; to leave unsaid
cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.); snippets; trimmings; cuttings
Tetris-type game; falling-blocks game
place where raindrops fall from the eaves
sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)
wet fallen leaves; retired men who get underfoot at home
to wipe off (e.g. dirt); to rub out
to press (someone to do something); to make confess
burning fallen leaves; autumn leaf burning
getting hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
disconnecting from an online game because one is losing
first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence
to exorcise; to escape evil
lifting body slam
missing out on a scoop that other newspapers reported
the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped
great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
seahorse; sea horse
three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing)
place where raindrops fall from the eaves
flush bolt (for a French door, etc.)
pixel defect (on an LCD display, e.g. dead pixel)
to lose an argument despite being in the right; to have the right on one's side, yet succumb to another
trapdoor; flap door
dropping off-line to eat
cancellation of significant digits
to wake from a fever-induced delirium
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
ex-interest
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to crash; to degenerate; to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list)
fell; dropped
ash tray; ash pit
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
to fail to do; to make light of; to neglect
eel going downstream to spawn
to shake down (e.g. nuts from a tree)
missing character
poor autumn rice harvest; depressed rice prices in autumn due to a good harvest; deterioration of sake quality through summer aging
calm; composed; settled; fixed; unobtrusive; quiet
legend concerning a fugitive clan
a straw will show which way the wind blows; a falling leaf shows that autumn has come
the biggest fish is always the one that got away
all returns to dust; (lit.) the fruit of the tree falls to the roots
dividend off; ex dividend
omission in a bill
omission in a bill
to neglect to make an entry in a ledger
to lose an argument despite being in the right; to have the right on one's side, yet succumb to another
ragequit; quitting an online game in anger (over losing)
leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart
sudden fall in stock prices; stock market crash
draining water from pipes (for the winter)
to think of something bizarre; to suddenly have a whacky idea
when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; (lit.) a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass
lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room; cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom; metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi
omission; oversight
fish going downstream (to spawn); dead fish; fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold)
sumiotoshi (judo); corner drop
prize-winning ticket; winning lottery ticket
to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)
exfoliation; skin cleansing
time-lapse photography
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
rear lifting body slam
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
being discouraged