落おちる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fall; drop; collapse; crash

Basic intransitive use for something moving downward, falling off, collapsing, giving way, or crashing. Use に or から for this word/destination context, not を as a direct object.

• 棚たなから本ほんが落おちた。

  A book fell from the shelf.

• 古ふるい橋はしが大おお雨あめで落おちた。

  The old bridge collapsed in the heavy rain.

• 小こ型がた機きが山さん中ちゅうに墜おちた。

  A small plane crashed in the mountains.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

set; sink; go down

Used of the sun, moon, or similar celestial bodies going below the horizon; 日が落ちる is a very common phrase for evening falling.

• 日ひが落おちる前まえに帰かえろう。

  Let's go home before the sun sets.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

decrease; drop; decline; deteriorate

Used when a level, number, speed, quality, popularity, sales, or force becomes lower; also used for wind dying down.

• 新しん商しょう品ひんが出でてから売うり上あげが少すこし落おちた。

  Sales dropped a little after the new product came out.

• 練れん習しゅうを休やすむと、すぐに体たい力りょくが落おちる。

  If you stop practicing, your stamina quickly declines.

• 夕ゆう方がたになって風かぜが落おちた。

  The wind died down in the evening.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be inferior to; fall short of; not be as good as

Usually compares one thing with another using に落ちる, meaning it is lower in quality, ability, taste, or rank.

• 味あじは本ほん店てんに少すこし落おちる。

  The taste is a little inferior to the main shop's.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

come off; come out; fade; be removed

Used of dirt, stains, paint, makeup, color, and similar things being removed or fading. Also lists removal of an illness or possessing spirit, which is more context-dependent.

• この洗せん剤ざいなら油あぶら汚よごれがよく落おちる。

  With this detergent, grease stains come off well.

• 何なん度ども洗あらったので、シャツの色いろが少すこし落おちた。

  The shirt's color faded a little because I washed it many times.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

lose fat; become leaner; become thinner

Used especially for unwanted fat disappearing through exercise, dieting, or exertion; 脂肪が落ちる is a common collocation.

• 毎まい日にち走はしったら、腹はらの脂し肪ぼうが落おちてきた。

  After running every day, the fat around my stomach started to come off.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be omitted; be missing; be left out

Used when something that should be included is missing from a list, text, plan, or set.

• 名めい簿ぼから彼かれの名な前まえが落おちている。

  His name is missing from the roster.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fail; lose; be unsuccessful

Common with exams, auditions, selections, elections, and competitions: 試験に落ちる, 選挙に落ちる.

• 第だい一いち志し望ぼうの大だい学がくに落おちた。

  I failed to get into my first-choice university.

• 彼かれは前ぜん回かいの選せん挙きょで落おちた。

  He lost in the last election.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

decline morally; stoop; be ruined; fall into hell

A figurative downward fall in morals, character, social standing, or fate. 堕ちる is often used in writing for a darker sense such as moral corruption or falling into hell.

• 金かねのためにそこまで落おちたくない。

  I don't want to sink that low for money.

• 悪あく人にんは地じ獄ごくに堕おちると説とかれている。

  It is taught that evil people fall into hell.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fall into a state; fall in love; fall asleep

Used with に for entering a state, especially in fixed-feeling phrases such as 恋に落ちる and 眠りに落ちる.

See also: 恋に落ちる · 眠りに落ちる

• 二人ふたりは旅たび先さきで恋こいに落おちた。

  The two fell in love while traveling.

• 本ほんを読よんでいるうちに眠ねむりに落おちた。

  I fell asleep while reading a book.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fall into someone's hands; be won in bidding; be honored

Used for possession or control passing to someone, and in bidding or finance contexts. Business uses such as 物件がA社に落ちる and 手形が落ちる are more specialized than the everyday physical sense.

• 競きょう売ばいの結けっ果か、その物ぶっ件けんはA社しゃに落おちた。

  As a result of the auction, the property went to Company A.

• 手て形がたは期き日じつに無ぶ事じ落おちた。

  The bill was duly honored on its due date.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fall into a trap; fall for a trick

Often appears with 罠, 策略, or 誘惑; はまる is also very common, but 落ちる keeps the image of being drawn downward into the trap.

• 彼かれは敵てきの罠わなに落おちた。

  He fell into the enemy's trap.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

give in; confess; own up

Colloquial use for someone's resistance breaking, especially after persuasion or questioning. In interrogation-like contexts, 容疑者が落ちる means the suspect confesses.

• 何なん度ども頼たのむうちに、父ちちもついに落おちた。

  After we asked him again and again, my father finally gave in.

• 取とり調しらべで容よう疑ぎ者しゃが落おちた。

  The suspect confessed during questioning.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

come to; arrive at; settle on

Used for a discussion, conclusion, topic, or outcome finally landing at a certain point; this is more abstract and somewhat less basic than 落ち着く.

• 最さい終しゅう的てきな結けつ論ろんは妥だ協きょう案あんに落おちた。

  The final conclusion settled on a compromise plan.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

flee a place; fall to the enemy; be defeated

Historical or military-flavored use. A person or army may 落ちる from a city or castle by fleeing after defeat, while a castle or position may 落ちる by being captured.

• 敗やぶれた一いち族ぞくは都みやこを落おちた。

  The defeated clan fled the capital.

• 城しろは一いち夜やで敵てきに落おちた。

  The castle fell to the enemy in a single night.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

sink in; be accepted inwardly

Used for something becoming emotionally or intellectually acceptable, especially in idioms such as 腑に落ちない, meaning 'does not make sense' or 'does not sit right.'

See also: 腑に落ちない · 胸に落ちる

• その説せつ明めいはどうも腑ふに落おちない。

  That explanation somehow doesn't sit right with me.

• 先せん生せいの言こと葉ばが胸むねに落おちた。

  The teacher's words sank into my heart.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

money comes in; money is spent locally

Used of money flowing into a person, place, business, or local economy. A common pattern is 町にお金が落ちる, meaning money is spent there.

• 祭まつりの期き間かん中ちゅうは町まちにかなりのお金かねが落おちる。

  During the festival, quite a lot of money comes into the town.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fall on; be cast on

Used of light, shadow, a gaze, and similar things coming to rest on a surface or object.

• 窓まどから入はいった光ひかりが床ゆかに落おちている。

  Light coming through the window is falling on the floor.

• 彼かの女じょの視し線せんが古ふるい写しゃ真しんに落おちた。

  Her gaze fell on the old photograph.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

pass out; fall unconscious

Used especially in martial arts or combat-sports contexts when someone loses consciousness, often from a chokehold; also usable more generally for blacking out.

• 絞しめ技わざで相あい手てが落おちた。

  The opponent passed out from the chokehold.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

go down; crash

Computing use for a website, server, app, or system becoming unavailable or stopping unexpectedly.

• 昨さく夜や、会かい社しゃのサーバーが落おちた。

  The company server went down last night.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

log out; go offline; leave

Online slang for leaving a chat, game, call, or online space. Often said casually as そろそろ落ちる or 今日は落ちる.

• ごめん、眠ねむいから今日きょうはもう落おちるね。

  Sorry, I'm sleepy, so I'm going to log off for today.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

move to deeper water

Fishing or nature-related use for fish moving down into deeper water, especially in cold weather.

• 水すい温おんが下さがると、魚さかなは深ふか場ばに落おちる。

  When the water temperature drops, fish move into deeper water.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

die; perish

Rare or specialized use for an animal dying. It is not the normal everyday verb for a pet dying; 死ぬ or 亡くなる is more general depending on context.

• 畜ちく産さんの文ぶん脈みゃくでは、「子こ牛うしが落おちる」が子こ牛うしの死し亡ぼうを指さすことがある。

  In livestock contexts, 子牛が落ちる can refer to a calf dying.