Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
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)
occ. 堕ちる for depravity and 墜ちる for a crash
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 go down (of a website, server, etc.); to crash
18. to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.); to drop out; to leave; to go offline
19. to die
of animals
20. to move to the depths
of fish when it gets cold
Kanji used
fall down
Pitch accent
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (51 in total)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to fall in love
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to flutter down
to be burned down
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
to peel off and fall; to flake away
to trickle down
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
to understand fully; to be convinced; to be satisfied
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
to slim down; to lose weight
to slide down (snow, etc.)
to peel off and fall; to flake away
to escape safely
to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
to peel off
to fall in drops; to drip down; to trickle down
to leak down; to be omitted; to be missing
to slide down (snow, etc.)
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
to understand; to be satisfied; to be convinced
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
to become overly logical; to be hairsplitting
to fall in drops; to drip down; to trickle down
to flutter down
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 think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
to wake from a fever-induced delirium
to slide down (snow, etc.)
to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
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
Examples (105 in total)
I fell down the steps.
I'm afraid to fall.
The boy fell off the bed.