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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
Pitch accent
Top 11500
Used in vocabulary (39 in total)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to slip off
Examples (105 in total)
I fell down the steps.
I'm afraid to fall.
The boy fell off the bed.
He fell from the tree.
He fell off the horse.
Be careful not to fall.
His popularity is falling.
The airplane fell to the earth.
The bridge crashed under the pressure.
A fork fell off the table.
Sales are down now.
The monkey fell from the tree.
My laptop crashed.
The leaves fell to the earth.
A drunk man fell down the stairs.
Tom fell into the pool.
The server is down again.
I slipped and fell down the stairs.
Sales are down this month.
Santa Claus is dropping from the sky!
The leaves fell from the trees.
Twitter is down again.
Tears fell from his eyes.
His head was hurt by the fall.
A rock fell from above.
The boy fell from the bridge.
Almost every student failed the exam.
Lightning hit that tower.
The injured bird fell to the ground.
Did something fall down around there?
Lightning is liable to hit metal.
The leaves on the trees are falling by the wind.
The bus went over the cliff.
A cookie is under the table.
There were bits of broken glass on the floor.
I grasped the rope so as not to fall.
Leaves fell down every now and then.
A book dropped from the shelf.
An apple fell to the ground.
Tears rolled down his cheeks.
Some apples fell down from the tree.
This ink stain will not wash out.
An apple fell off the tree.
If the ceiling fell, he would be crushed.
Have you ever fallen off a ladder?
The actress fell backwards from the stage.
A coin dropped out of his pocket.
Rain was pattering on the roof.
A ripe apple dropped from the tree.
The vase fell to the floor and shattered.
A dead leaf fell to the ground.
Your glasses fell on the floor.
He lost his balance and fell off his bicycle.
If I don't fail, then I can get my driving license this year.
Midori sometimes drops consonants.
I heard something fall to the ground.
Tears ran down my face.
Don't go too close to the pond so that you won't fall in.
He studied hard, only to fail in the exam.
His car fell into the lake.
He failed the examination again.
My brother fell out of a tree and broke his leg.
Ouch! A chestnut fell on my head.
Tom failed the French test.
The cup fell to the ground, shattering to pieces.
The tiles that fell from the roof broke into pieces.
Study hard, or you'll fail the exam.
The vase fell from the table and crashed to pieces.
This cuttlefish has started to lose its freshness.
He lost his balance and fell off the ladder.
Newton saw an apple fall off a tree.
When I turned on the air conditioner and toaster oven, the circuit breaker tripped.
A woman fell from a ship into the sea.
My brother fell from a tree and broke his leg.
I found a strange object lying on the road.
The egg fell from the table and, obviously, broke.
The floor gave in under the weight of the heavy safe.
She hurt her foot when she fell off her bicycle.
The names of the students who failed in the examination were posted on the bulletin board.
His failing the test is no laughing matter.
The man and his horse that fell off the cliff were soon rescued.
Yesterday a car fell over the cliff.
She studied hard in order not to fail the entrance exam.
Productivity has fallen. Accordingly, workers' bonuses will be reduced.
A pine cone fell on Tom's head.
A tear rolled down her cheek.
The plate slipped from her hand and crashed to the floor.
A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.
At that moment tears ran down the old man's face.
"Do you remember how you fell into the well?" "Yes, like it was yesterday."
I thought he was going to fail the exam, but he passed after all.
He worked hard; otherwise he would have failed in the examination.
When the last leaf falls, I must go, too.
If you fall off that bridge, it'll be almost impossible to rescue you.
The quality of their products has gone down over the years.
When the bomb was dropped, I felt the house rock back and forth.
Tom listened to some sad music while watching the rain fall through the window.
The snow that had piled up on the roof at night came down with a thud.
There was hardly anyone who didn't laugh when the singer fell off the stage.
He fell into the river.
Grandpa fell down the stairs and was seriously injured.
Tom found a hundred dollar bill on the street.
He lost hold of the rope and fell into the river.
The boy all but fell into the river.
As he was about to fall into the river, he took hold of the tree.