落おち着つける

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

calm down; settle down; compose

Transitive verb meaning to make someone or something calm, quiet, or settled. Often used for calming a person, a situation, or one's own feelings.

興こう奮ふんしている子こ供どもを落おち着つけるのに苦く労ろうした。
I had trouble calming down the excited child.

まず気き持もちを落おち着つけてから話はなしましょう。

Let's talk after you've composed yourself first.

Written forms

落おち着つけるUsage69%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
落おちつけるUsage21%
Common variant with つ in kana; often used in informal writing.
おちつけるUsage5%
落おち着つけるUsage4%
Less common variant; 着 is used instead of ち.
落おち付つける
Variant with 付; occasionally seen.
落おち付つける
Abbreviated variant; rare in modern usage.

Kanji

落fall, drop, come down
着don, arrive, wear
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

落おち着つく
Intransitive counterpart; means 'to calm down' or 'to settle' by oneself, whereas 落ち着ける is transitive and means 'to calm someone/something down'.

Etymology

Compound of 落ち (continuative form of 落ちる 'to fall') + 着ける ('to arrive at, to settle'). The combination conveys the idea of settling down or reaching a calm state.