堕だする

だ

す

る

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

Literary and somewhat formal. Often used with nouns indicating a negative state, such as 堕落, 悪習, or 怠惰. The construction is typically ～に堕する.

彼かれは安あん逸いつな生せい活かつに堕だしてしまった。
He lapsed into a life of ease and comfort.
一いち度ど悪

あく

の

道みち

に

堕だ

する

と

、

抜ぬ

け

出だ

す

の

は

難むずか

しい

。

Once you fall into evil ways, it is hard to get out.

Written forms

堕だするUsage89%
Standard kanji form for this literary verb.
だするUsage11%
Kana spelling is sometimes used, especially in less formal contexts or when the kanji is considered difficult.

Kanji

堕degenerate, descend to, lapse into

Similar words

堕だ落らく
堕落 is a noun meaning 'corruption' or 'depravity', while 堕する is the verb form meaning 'to degenerate' or 'to lapse into'. 堕する is more literary and less common in everyday speech.
陥おちいる
陥る also means 'to fall into' a negative state, but it is more common and can be used in a wider range of contexts. 堕する carries a stronger nuance of moral or spiritual decline.

Etymology

Derived from the kanji 堕 (fall, degenerate) combined with the verbalizing suffix する. The reading だ is the on'yomi of the kanji. The verb follows the special suru-verb conjugation pattern.