Keyword
fall down
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig320
Readings
(79%)
らく
(13%)
らっ
(3%)
おと
(1%)
おち
(1%)
(1%)
Composed of
blades of grass
water drops
each
Mnemonic

Each of the water drops on those blades of grass will eventually fall down to the ground.

Used in vocabulary (700 in total)
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)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to drop one's shoulders
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to lose one's life
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
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 spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to thrust down; to push off
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 run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
depravity; corruption; degradation
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
to knock down; to knock off
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to fall off; to tumble down
to tumble down; to roll down
to fall in love
pitfall; trap; pit
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to shake off; to throw off
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
missing; lacking
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
an issue being settled; a case being closed
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
to fall down; to drop
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
elopement; running away with a lover
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to cast a shadow
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 stay calm; to keep cool
to kick down; to defeat
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to flutter down
lost property; something dropped and left behind
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.)
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to behead; to decapitate
to be burned down
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
to brush off; to shake off
to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
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
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
falling from a horse
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
to peel off and fall; to flake away
successful bid; winning a tender
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
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
fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
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
to trickle down
to disperse; to take a castle
village; hamlet; settlement
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
point of compromise; common ground
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
dropout; quitter; deserter
election loss; rejection
being settled; coming to a conclusion
oversight; omission
to throw down
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
surrender (fall) of a castle
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
to wash off; to wash out
decline; fall; decay; withering
to run away; to escape safely
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
lost property; something dropped and left behind
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
falling rocks; fallen rocks
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
to sink in; to cave in
feeble joke; bad pun
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
setting sun
shedding tears
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
slipping down; avalanche
point of compromise; common ground
to understand fully; to be convinced; to be satisfied
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
paragraph; end; stopping place; conclusion
falling petals
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
axe kick; ax kick
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
to fall down; to drop
losing one's life; death
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath
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 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
sound of something falling
to thrust down; to push off
to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to scrape off; to plane off
falling object; fallen object
to fall down with a "plop"
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
loser; owner of a lost article
to run away; to escape safely
nobleman's illegitimate child
elopement; running away with a lover
death by falling
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
one-sided; partial; unfair
to knock down the price of; to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
axe kick; ax kick
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 lose money; to spend money
failing mark; failing grade
defeated soldier fleeing the enemy
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
completion (of a building)
straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line
leaving (fleeing) the capital
plane crash; fall (accident)
old model (of an appliance, etc.); becoming outdated; drop (type of metal casting defect)
to slim down; to lose weight
to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense
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 shoot down; to win; to gain
to shake off; to throw off
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
to capture a fort
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
impregnable
fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour; wit
setting sun
to drop into; to slip into; to let fall into; to slide (something) down
to slide down (snow, etc.)
to peel off and fall; to flake away
colour loss (color)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to begin grandly; to start with a bang; to make a spectacular beginning; (lit.) to throw open the curtains
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to scold severely; to thunder against; to give someone hell
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
dropping (something) headfirst down a precipice; downhill rush; plunging down a precipice
peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to shave off (hair)
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting
contract price; successful tender price
to be second to none (in)
to escape safely
to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
failed student; student required to repeat a year
waterpower; running water; falling overboard
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
thrusting down (winning technique)
sign and seal; signature
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
tender winner; successful bidder; contract awardee
to kick down; to defeat
to peel off
to fall in drops; to drip down; to trickle down
to settle a matter; to get even with someone
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
many communities (villages); cluster of plants
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
lampoon; satirical poem
pitfall; trap; pit
makeup remover
to slide down (snow, etc.)
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
escape from evil; exorcism
to leak down; to be omitted; to be missing
illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)
to fail to hear; to miss
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
playing with a handicap of one rook or bishop
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
ceremony to celebrate the completion of a building; inauguration ceremony
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
opening of a new theater (theatre)
fall; decline; slump
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
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
falling from bicycle, motorcycle, etc. while driving (esp. in a race)
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 understand; to be satisfied; to be convinced
lack of registration (in the census register); buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom
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 scrape off; to rub off
fashionable person
elopement; running away with a lover
result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election); winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
to scrape off; to rub off
getting stains out; getting rid of stains
dropping (something) headfirst down a precipice; downhill rush; plunging down a precipice
desolate; dreary; lonesome
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)
sinking quickly
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts
"it was all a dream"-ending
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
running amok (amuck); committing violence on; in utter disorder
to become overly logical; to be hairsplitting
to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)
left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef
debasement; corruption; degradation
lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to forget to write something; to leave something out; to omit something
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
elopement; running away with a lover
impertinent; impudent; cheeky
discouragement; disappointment; loss of energy; fatigue
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
ruin; depravity; corruption
rise and fall; fluctuations; ups and downs
Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)
allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
crest (of a waterfall); mouth (of a sewer, etc.); outfall; spout (e.g. of a watering can); (arch.) start of a fall
being disappointed and disheartened
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
to thrust down; to push off
lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering
to shave off (hair)
elopement; running away with a lover
Blossoms fall and leaves scatter; the evanescence (impermanence) of worldly things
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)
setting moon; moon setting in the West
playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop; participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
historical graffiti; anonymous satirical graffiti; scrawl; scribble; graffiti
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
snowslide; small avalanche
minimum buyout price (bid); reserve price (auction)
to overlook in reading
to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)
to fall in drops; to drip down; to trickle down
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph); segment of text expressing a single meaning
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering
unsuccessful candidate
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
to turn everything into a joke; to continue joking to the last
the Fall of Man; the Fall
to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion
to be struck by lightning
cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure
to fail to hear; to miss
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
to leave out; to forget to write
nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
free and easy; frank; openhearted; relaxed
straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line
shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders; inside joke; private joke
to blow down (fruit)
shogi game with the superior player playing without the kaku
formal paragraph (in opposition to a logical paragraph); paragraph as defined by its formal elements (e.g. line break and initial indentation)
ash tray; ash pit
moated settlement (Yayoi period)
celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction
The Fall of Berlin (film)
feeble joke; bad pun
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
fallen ume blossoms; fallen ume fruit
to flutter down
years since produced (of cars)
to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)
to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)
success or failure (in examinations)
body drop (judo); body throw
crest (of a waterfall); mouth (of a sewer, etc.); outfall; spout (e.g. of a watering can); (arch.) start of a fall
being satisfied; being convinced; understanding
person who has lost something they used to rely on; (lit.) a monkey fallen from the tree
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
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
cannot understand; doesn't make sense; unconvincing; hard to swallow; doesn't ring true
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
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well
book with missing pages
getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
coming up with an idea; idea
point of compromise; common ground
to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
discouragement; disappointment; loss of energy; fatigue
cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.); snippets; trimmings; cuttings
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (lit.) (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)
Tetris-type game; falling-blocks game
to omit to say; to forget to mention; to leave unsaid
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to omit to say; to forget to mention; to leave unsaid
point of compromise; common ground
place where raindrops fall from the eaves
failing to catch a ball; dropping a ball; flubbing a catch
loser; owner of a lost article
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
crash site (esp. aircraft)
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
omitted character; omitted letter
wet fallen leaves; retired men who get underfoot at home
debasement; corruption; degradation
winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence
peeling off; coming off
mixed; mingled
to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)
Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)
to drop; to let fall; to omit
sudden fall in stock prices; stock market crash
illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)
to wipe off (e.g. dirt); to rub out
sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
falling body
to press (someone to do something); to make confess
air pluviation; pluviate
disconnecting from an online game because one is losing
burning fallen leaves; autumn leaf burning
getting hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to thrust down; to push off
celebration for the completion of a project
escape from evil; exorcism
opening of a new theater (theatre)
forlorn and helpless; lonely and desolate
to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
seahorse; sea horse
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
reactionary fall (e.g. in stock prices)
initial brush stroke in calligraphy
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
to wipe off (e.g. dirt); to rub out
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
horseshoe coming off; throwing a shoe
free and easy; frank; openhearted; relaxed
to exorcise; to escape evil
to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)
to settle (a matter) for the time being; to complete the first stage (of something)
first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence
lifting body slam
to knock down the price of; to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction
mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned
(being in) reduced circumstances; (having) fallen into poverty
allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
missing out on a scoop that other newspapers reported
bamboo fence; extortion
Ochiai Station (Tokyo)
bridge collapse
falling to the ground
the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped
to press (someone to do something); to make confess
continued fall (in market price)
great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.); snippets; trimmings; cuttings
falling of fruit; fallen fruit
opening of a new theater (theatre)
celebration for the completion of a project
slump; sudden fall of market price
utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock
eel going downstream to spawn
to shave off (hair)
pixel defect (on an LCD display, e.g. dead pixel)
(arch.) Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya); ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat; netsuke; item attached to a netsuke
sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)
desquamation; skin peeling
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
tree that has dropped its leaves; bare tree
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)
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
place where raindrops fall from the eaves
party appointee in a safe constituency; (lit.) parachute candidate
paratrooper; parachutist; parachute trooper
flush bolt (for a French door, etc.)
feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)
peeling off; coming off
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
falling of the yellow leaves and nuts (in autumn)
dropping off-line to eat
body drop (judo); body throw
pilcrow; paragraph mark; paragraph sign
burning fallen leaves; autumn leaf burning
trapdoor; flap door
to wake from a fever-induced delirium
blossoms falling in confusion
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism
to run away; to escape safely
to lose an argument despite being in the right; to have the right on one's side, yet succumb to another
cancellation of significant digits
deciduous (e.g. tree)
low tide; decline
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
elopement; running away with a lover
Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances
Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
to slide down (snow, etc.)
fashionable person
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
seahorse; sea horse
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)
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
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
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
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
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)
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
opening of a new theater (theatre)
opening of a new theater (theatre)
opening of a new theater (theatre)
ex-interest
to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)
to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)
a little stylish; chic; trendy
fell; dropped
to omit to say; to forget to mention; to leave unsaid
marrying (of a monk); returning to secular life (of a monk)
ash tray; ash pit
cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.); snippets; trimmings; cuttings
cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.); snippets; trimmings; cuttings
letter dropped in the road; Japanese insect
sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
to fail to do; to make light of; to neglect
to fail to do; to make light of; to neglect
lifting body slam
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
place where raindrops fall from the eaves
eel going downstream to spawn
flourishing and declining
poor autumn rice harvest; depressed rice prices in autumn due to a good harvest; deterioration of sake quality through summer aging
to shake down (e.g. nuts from a tree)
to shake down (e.g. nuts from a tree)
missing character
trapdoor; flap door
blossoms falling in confusion
omission; oversight
omission; oversight
pancake (landing)
calm; composed; settled; fixed; unobtrusive; quiet
calm; composed; settled; fixed; unobtrusive; quiet
fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk
stylish; smart; tasteful; witty
time-lapse photography
time-lapse photography
time-lapse photography
omission in a bill
omission in a bill
omission in a bill
omission in a bill
omission in a bill
dividend off; ex dividend
fish going downstream (to spawn); dead fish; fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold)
fish going downstream (to spawn); dead fish; fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold)
gradual decline
mishearing; failing to catch (something said)
to neglect to make an entry in a ledger
to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)
cotton waste
openhearted; unaffected; free and easy
openhearted; unaffected; free and easy
demotion from ōzeki ranking
legend concerning a fugitive clan
scene looking desolate and forlorn
tears streaming down one's cheeks; shedding copious tears
epi-illumination; illumination that impinges on the sample from the viewing direction
removing edges; cutting edges
shielding; reverse clipping
the biggest fish is always the one that got away
foliaceous; foliaceus
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
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
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
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
prize-winning ticket; winning lottery ticket
prize-winning ticket; winning lottery ticket
decidua; deciduous membrane
lakh; 100,000 (Indian numbering system)
light of the evening sun; setting sun
bearish market; declining market
inspection of a completed facility (esp. of radio stations as required under Japanese law); completion inspection
skin stretched on the sides of a biwa
impertinent; fresh; fashionable; prostitute
falling weight; drop-weight (e.g. test, impact strength)
falling weight; drop-weight (e.g. test, impact strength)
exfoliation; skin cleansing
exfoliation; skin cleansing
fallen red persimmon leaves
ragequit; quitting an online game in anger (over losing)
being discouraged
to think of something bizarre; to suddenly have a whacky idea
leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart
leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart
sudden fall in stock prices; stock market crash
sudden fall in stock prices; stock market crash
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
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
all returns to dust; (lit.) the fruit of the tree falls to the roots
to lose an argument despite being in the right; to have the right on one's side, yet succumb to another
to lose an argument despite being in the right; to have the right on one's side, yet succumb to another
being good at dressing fashionably; good dresser
a straw will show which way the wind blows; a falling leaf shows that autumn has come
rear lifting body slam
draining water from pipes (for the winter)
sumiotoshi (judo); corner drop
sumiotoshi (judo); corner drop
bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Examples (200 in total)
I'm afraid to fall.
I was a very calm child.
How can you be so calm?