転てん落らく

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転落する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	転てん落らくする	転てん落らくしない
Polite	転てん落らくします	転てん落らくしません
Past polite	転てん落らくしました	転てん落らくしませんでした
Past	転てん落らくした	転てん落らくしなかった
Te-form	転てん落らくして	転てん落らくしないで
Desire	転てん落らくしたい	転てん落らくしたくない
Potential	転てん落らくできる	転てん落らくできない
Passive	転てん落らくされる	転てん落らくされない
Causative	転てん落らくさせる	転てん落らくさせない
Causative passive	転てん落らくさせられる	転てん落らくさせられない
Volitional	転てん落らくしよう
Polite volitional	転てん落らくしましょう
Imperative	転てん落らくしろ	転てん落らくするな
Conditional	転てん落らくすれば	転てん落らくしなければ
Tara conditional	転てん落らくしたら	転てん落らくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

fall; tumble; plunge

Physical falling from a height, such as off a cliff, stairs, or a platform. Often used in accident reports.

駅えきのホームから転てん落らくする事じ故こがあった。
There was an accident where someone fell from the station platform.
登と山ざん中ちゅうに崖がけから転てん落らくし、大おおけがを負おった。
He fell off a cliff while climbing and was seriously injured.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

downfall; decline; demotion

Metaphorical fall in social standing, rank, reputation, or moral state. Often used with words like 人生, 地位, or 転落人生.

不ふ正せいが発はっ覚かくして、彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうの座ざから転てん落らくした。
After the misconduct came to light, he fell from the position of company president.
ギャンブルにのめり込こんで、転てん落らくの人じん生せいを歩あゆんだ。
He got addicted to gambling and led a life of decline.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉から転てん落らくするto fall from a place (e.g. cliff, stairs, platform)
男だん性せいは駅えきのホームから転てん落らくして電でん車しゃにはねられた。
The man fell from the train platform and was struck by a train.
〈場ば所しょ〉に転てん落らくするto fall into a place (e.g. river, ravine)
車くるまが崖がけから川かわに転てん落らくした。
The car plunged off the cliff into the river.
〈地ち位い〉から転てん落らくするto fall from a position or status
彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうの地ち位いから転てん落らくした。
He fell from his position as company president.
転てん落らくの道みちをたどるto go down the path of ruin
彼かれは借しゃっ金きんがきっかけで転てん落らくの道みちをたどった。
Triggered by his debts, he went down the path of ruin.

Kanji

転revolve, turn around, change
落fall, drop, come down
顛overturn, summit, origin

Related words· 6

落らっ下かN1sense 1
落下 is a neutral word for something dropping or falling, often used for objects, while 転落 implies a tumbling fall from a height and is more often used for people.
墜つい落らくN1sense 1
墜落 is used for a sudden, often disastrous crash, especially of aircraft, whereas 転落 covers a broader range of falls, including slipping or tumbling from stairs or cliffs.
没ぼつ落らくN1sense 2
没落 describes a gradual, long-term ruin of a family, business, or class, while 転落 can describe a sudden fall from status or grace.
失しっ墜つい sense 2
失墜 focuses narrowly on the loss of trust, prestige, or authority, while 転落 more broadly covers any decline in rank or condition.

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堕だ落らくN1sense 2
堕落 emphasizes moral corruption or degeneration, while 転落 can refer to any kind of decline, moral or social, often triggered by a specific event.
堕おちる
転落する describes a sudden fall in status, fortune, or circumstances (sometimes literal), whereas 堕ちる is reserved for moral or spiritual degradation.

Don't confuse with

転てん倒とう
転倒 means to lose balance and fall over on the spot, while 転落 means to fall or tumble down from a height or to a lower state.

Word family

転てん落らく死し
death from a fall; falling to one's death

Written forms

転てん落らくUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for both physical falling and decline in status.
顛てん落らく
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 転落 is overwhelmingly preferred.

Etymology

Compound of 転 (turn, revolve, change) and 落 (fall, drop). The combination conveys the idea of tumbling or falling down, both physically and metaphorically.