Keyword
fall into corruption
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1411
Old form墮
Readings
だ
(51%)
お
(48%)
Composed of
small village
be in possession
earth
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
depravity; corruption; degradation
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)
Examples (1 in total)
He exposed corruption in the city government.