落

Meaning

落 centers on downward motion or settling: falling, dropping, or coming down. The village/hamlet sense is a distinct application, referring to a settled place where people have come to rest.

• 落ちおち

  slip; omission

• 落ちるおちる
  N4

  to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse; to cave in; to give way

• 落とすおとす
  N4

  to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind

• お洒落おしゃれ
  N3

  stylish; fashionable; trendy; chic; smartly dressed; careful about one's appearance

• 墜落ついらく
  N1

  fall; crash (of an aircraft)

• 落ち着くおちつく
  N3

  to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax

• 落下らっか
  N1

  fall; drop; descent; coming down

• 落書きらくがき
  N2

  scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

• 落選らくせん

  failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election

• 落ち着きおちつき
  N1

  calmness; composure; presence of mind

• 落語らくご
  N1

  rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

• 集落しゅうらく
  N1

  settlement; village; community; town

• 転落てんらく
  N1

  fall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive

• 下落げらく

  depreciation; decline; fall; slump

• 落札らくさつ
  N1

  successful bid; winning a tender

• 洒落しゃれ
  N2

  joke; pun; jest; witticism; wordplay

• 脱落だつらく
  N1

  dropping out; falling behind; falling by the wayside; desertion

• 落ち込むおちこむ
  N2

  to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits

• 堕落だらく
  N1

  depravity; corruption; degradation

• 陥落かんらく

  subsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in

• 部落ぶらく

  hamlet; subunit of village

• 暴落ぼうらく
  N1

  slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline

• 落胆らくたん
  N1

  discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

• 没落ぼつらく
  N1

  ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

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