落おちる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse; to cave in; to give way
There is a book lying on the floor.
2. to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to dip; to go down
The sun is setting.
3. to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to drop; to go down; to decline; to deteriorate; to abate (of wind)
If we go together, the speed will definitely drop.
4. to be inferior (to); to be not as good (as); to fall short (of)
5. to come off (of dirt, paint, makeup, etc.); to come out (of a stain); to fade (of colour); to be removed (of an illness, possessing spirit, etc.)
6. to disappear (of excess fat); to become thinner; to become leaner
7. to be left out; to be omitted; to be missing
8. to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful
I nearly failed the exam, you know!
9. to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to sink (so low)
also written as 堕ちる
10. to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
also written as 堕ちる
11. to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)
It was so comfortable that I felt I might sink into a deep sleep at any moment.
12. to fall (into someone's hands); to be accepted (of a bid); to be won (of a tender); to be honoured (of a bill)
13. to fall into (a trap); to fall for (a trick)
14. to give in
15. to confess; to own up
16. to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.); to arrive at (in the end)
17. to leave (a city, castle, etc.); to (be defeated and) flee
18. to sink in; to be accepted (in one's heart)
19. to fall (to the enemy); to be defeated
20. to come in (of money)
21. to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.)
His gaze falls back onto the book, and his fingers turn the page.
22. to pass out (in judo); to fall unconscious
23. to go down (of a website, server, etc.); to crash
24. to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.); to drop out; to leave; to go offline
25. to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather)
26. to die (of an animal)
27. to strike (of lightning)
Kanji used
fall down
Pitch accent
お
ち
る
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (53 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 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 peel off and fall; to flake away
to slide down (snow, etc.)
to escape safely
to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
to peel off; to come off; to flake off
to leak down; to be omitted; to be missing
to slide down (snow, etc.)
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to fall in drops; to drip down; to trickle down
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
to be chipped off; to be scraped off; to be sliced off
to burn down; to collapse in flames; to burn and fall
Examples (169 in total)
I fell down the steps.
The knife fell.
The server was down.