落おち込こむ

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落ち込む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	落おち込こむ	落おち込こまない
Polite	落おち込こみます	落おち込こみません
Past polite	落おち込こみました	落おち込こみませんでした
Past	落おち込こんだ	落おち込こまなかった
Te-form	落おち込こんで	落おち込こまないで
Desire	落おち込こみたい	落おち込こみたくない
Potential	落おち込こめる	落おち込こめない
Passive	落おち込こまれる	落おち込こまれない
Causative	落おち込こませる	落おち込こませない
Causative passive	落おち込こませられるalso 落おち込こまされる	落おち込こませられないalso 落おち込こまされない
Volitional	落おち込こもう
Polite volitional	落おち込こみましょう
Imperative	落おち込こめ	落おち込こむな
Conditional	落おち込こめば	落おち込こまなければ
Tara conditional	落おち込こんだら	落おち込こまなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

Describes a person's emotional state of sadness or discouragement. Common in everyday conversation.

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

be in a slump; be in an unfavourable condition

Used for economic indicators, business performance, or abstract conditions that have worsened. Not for personal emotions.

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

Literal physical falling into a depression or hole. Less common than the figurative uses; often replaced by 落ちる in modern speech.

〈事こと〉で落おち込こむto feel down because of something
試し験けんに落おちて落おち込こんでいる。
I'm feeling down because I failed the exam.
業ぎょう績せきが落おち込こむbusiness performance slumps
不ふ況きょうで会かい社しゃの業ぎょう績せきが落おち込こんだ。
The company's performance slumped due to the recession.
〈場ば所しょ〉に落おち込こむto fall into a hole or hollow
車くるまのタイヤが溝みぞに落おち込こんでしまった。
The car's tire fell into a ditch.
気き分ぶんが落おち込こむone's mood sinks/drops
最さい近きん、なんだか気き分ぶんが落おち込こんでいる。
Lately my mood has just been down for some reason.

凹へこむN2sense 1
凹む is a casual, colloquial way to say 'feel depressed' that also literally means 'to get dented', while 落ち込む is the more standard, neutral word for feeling down.
悪あっ化かN2sense 2
悪化する is used broadly for anything worsening (conditions, symptoms, relations), while 落ち込む in this sense is specifically about economic figures or performance dropping.
気き落おち sense 1
気落ちする is a slightly more formal or literary synonym for feeling discouraged, while 落ち込む is the everyday spoken word.
がっかりN4sense 1
がっかりする focuses on disappointment tied to a specific letdown, whereas 落ち込む describes a more general, lingering low mood.

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沈しずむN3
落ち込む often implies a deeper or longer-lasting slump, while 沈む can describe a lighter, more momentary dip in mood.
気きが滅め入いるN1
落ち込む is a more common, general word for feeling down and can describe a sudden or sharp drop in spirits, while 気が滅入る emphasizes a gradual sinking mood often caused by external circumstances like weather or worry.
気きを落おとすN2
落ち込む is a general verb for feeling down or depressed, while 気を落とす specifically means losing spirit or motivation after a setback.
しおれるN1
落ち込む is the plain, common word for feeling down, whereas 萎れる is a more image-based, literary expression comparing the person to a wilting plant.
病やむN2
落ち込む means to feel down or discouraged, usually temporarily, whereas colloquial 病む implies a deeper, more mental-health-related state.

好こう転てんN1sense 2
好転する means an economic indicator or situation improves, the opposite of 落ち込む in its sense of business performance worsening.
浮うかれるN1
落ち込む means to feel down or depressed, the emotional opposite of 浮かれる's lighthearted, high-spirited state.
立たち直なおるN1
落ち込む means to sink into depression or decline, the opposite state from 立ち直る, which describes bouncing back from such a low point.

落おちるN4sense 3
落ちる is the general verb for falling or dropping, while 落ち込む specifically emphasizes settling into a depressed state or sinking into a hollow.

落おち込こむUsage83%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency form in news and general use.
落おちこむUsage13%
Kana spelling sometimes used for clarity or in informal writing.
おちこむUsage2%
落おち込こむUsage2%
Less common simplified form; learners should prefer 落ち込む.

Compound of 落ち (continuative form of 落ちる 'to fall') + 込む 'to go into'. Literally 'to fall into', extended to emotional and economic decline.