落おち度ど

お

ち

ど

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to a personal mistake, fault, or oversight, often implying some degree of responsibility or negligence. Commonly used in formal or serious contexts.

今こん回かいのミスは私わたしの落おち度どです。
This mistake is my fault.
彼かれに落おち度どはなかったと判はん断だんされた。
It was determined that he was not at fault.

See all 9 example sentences ›

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に落おち度どがあるsomeone is at fault / to blame
この事じ故こには運うん転てん手しゅに落おち度どがある。
The driver is at fault for this accident.
落おち度どがないto be blameless / have no fault
彼かの女じょの対たい応おうには何なんの落おち度どもなかった。
There was no fault at all in how she handled it.
〈人ひと〉の落おち度どを認みとめるto admit one's fault
会かい社しゃは自みずからの落おち度どを認みとめて謝しゃ罪ざいした。
The company admitted its own fault and apologized.
〈人ひと〉の落おち度どを指し摘てきするto point out someone's fault
弁べん護ご士しは相あい手て側がわの落おち度どを指し摘てきした。
The lawyer pointed out the other side's fault.
一いっ点てんの落おち度どもないnot a single fault (emphatic)
彼かれの仕し事ごとぶりには一いっ点てんの落おち度どもなかった。
There wasn't a single fault in his work.

Kanji

落fall, drop, come down
度degrees, occurrence, time
越surpass, cross over, move to

Related words

過か失しつN2
過失 is a formal/legal term for negligence, while 落ち度 is the everyday word for a personal mistake or oversight.
ミスN3
ミス is a casual loanword for any kind of error, whereas 落ち度 implies personal responsibility or blame.
過あやまちN1
過ち is a slightly literary word for a wrongdoing or moral error, while 落ち度 focuses on a lapse of care or duty.
手て落おちN1
手落ち is an older, more bureaucratic word for an administrative oversight, close in meaning to 落ち度 but less commonly used today.

Built from

落おちる+度ど

Written forms

落おち度どUsage74%
Standard modern spelling.
落おち度どUsage24%
Variant spelling; less common than 落ち度.
越度おちどUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
おちどUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 落ち (ochi, 'falling, omission', the continuative form of 落ちる) + 度 (do, 'degree, extent'). Literally 'degree of omission', it came to mean a mistake or fault attributable to someone.