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陥る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	陥おちいる	陥おちいらない
Polite	陥おちいります	陥おちいりません
Past polite	陥おちいりました	陥おちいりませんでした
Past	陥おちいった	陥おちいらなかった
Te-form	陥おちいって	陥おちいらないで
Desire	陥おちいりたい	陥おちいりたくない
Potential	陥おちいれる	陥おちいれない
Passive	陥おちいられる	陥おちいられない
Causative	陥おちいらせる	陥おちいらせない
Causative passive	陥おちいらせられるalso 陥おちいらされる	陥おちいらせられないalso 陥おちいらされない
Volitional	陥おちいろう
Polite volitional	陥おちいりましょう
Imperative	陥おちいれ	陥おちいるな
Conditional	陥おちいれば	陥おちいらなければ
Tara conditional	陥おちいったら	陥おちいらなかったら

Pairs with陥れる

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

fall into (a hole, etc.)

Literal physical falling into a hole, pit, or similar space.

足あしを滑すべらせて穴あなに陥おちいった。
I slipped and fell into a hole.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

fall into (a bad state); sink into

Used for falling into negative abstract states: chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.

彼かれはうつ状じょう態たいに陥おちいっている。
He has fallen into a state of depression.
交こう渉しょうは混こん乱らんに陥おちいった。
The negotiations fell into chaos.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

fall into (a trap); be caught in

Specifically for falling into traps, schemes, or deceptive situations.

敵てきの罠わなに陥おちいってしまった。
We fell into the enemy's trap.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

fall (to an enemy); surrender; capitulate

Used for military or political surrender; often with 敵の手に or similar phrases.

城しろはついに敵てきの手てに陥おちいった。
The castle finally fell into enemy hands.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に陥おちいるto fall into a state such as crisis, panic, or chaos
会かい社しゃは経けい営えい危き機きに陥おちいった。
The company fell into a management crisis.
〈事こと〉の罠わなに陥おちいるto fall into a trap set by someone or something
彼かれは敵てきの罠わなに陥おちいってしまった。
He fell into the enemy's trap.
〈相あい手て〉の手てに陥おちいるto fall into someone's hands; to be captured or surrender
城しろはついに敵てきの手てに陥おちいった。
The castle finally fell into the enemy's hands.

Expressions

罪つみに陥おちいるfall into sin; slide into wrongdoing
窮きゅう地ちに陥おちいるfall into a predicament; get into a tight spot
誤あやまりに陥おちいるfall into error; make a mistake
自じ縄じょう自じ縛ばくに陥おちいるto be caught in one's own trap; to be hoist by one's own petard

Kanji

陥collapse, fall into, cave in
落fall, drop, come down
入enter, insert

Transitive / intransitive

陥おとしいれる
陥れる is the transitive verb meaning to trap or push someone into a bad situation, while 陥る is intransitive, meaning to fall into such a situation oneself.

Related words

落おちるN4
落ちる is the everyday word for falling, whether literal or figurative, while 陥る is more formal and specifically used for sinking into negative states, traps, or defeat.
陥かん落らく sense 4
陥落する describes a fortress, city, or team specifically falling or surrendering, while 陥る is the broader verb that also covers falling into traps or bad states.
見み舞まわれる sense 2
見舞われる means to be struck by a misfortune from outside, whereas 陥る expresses the subject's own gradual sinking into a bad state.
はまるN2
陥る is a formal word for falling into a bad state or situation, whereas 嵌まる can describe both literal getting stuck and this figurative sense more casually.

Opposites

脱だっするN1sense 2
脱する means to escape or get out of a difficult situation, the opposite of 陥る, which means to fall into one.

Don't confuse with

はまるN2sense 3
嵌まる is the colloquial word for getting stuck or caught in a trap or hole, while 陥る is more formal and literary, used for serious situations like crisis or defeat.

Word family

陥おちいりやすい
prone to; apt to; tending to

Written forms

陥おちいるUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
おちいるUsage9%
落おち入いるUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 落ち (continuative form of 落ちる 'to fall') + 入る 'to enter'. The kanji 陥 means 'fall into' or 'cave in', reinforcing the sense of sinking into a negative state.