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THE WORD · N4

落ちるおちる

fall

Verbe · Group 2 verb

サーバーが落おちていた。

The waiter was out of service.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: e4zh1nmcz · French : sacredceltic

Parts of speech

Group 2 verb (ichidan) · Intransitive

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 2 (ichidan)

Verb usage: intransit

English dictionary meanings
  • to fall
  • to drop
  • to come down
  • to crash
  • to collapse
  • to cave in
  • to give way
  • to set (of the sun or moon)
  • to sink
  • to dip
  • to go down
  • to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.)
  • to decline
  • to deteriorate
  • to abate (of wind)
  • to be inferior (to)
  • to be not as good (as)
  • to fall short (of)
  • to come off (of dirt, paint, makeup, etc.)
  • to come out (of a stain)
  • to fade (of colour)
  • to be removed (of an illness, possessing spirit, etc.)
  • to disappear (of excess fat)
  • to become thinner
  • to become leaner
  • to be left out
  • to be omitted
  • to be missing
  • to fail (an exam)
  • to lose (a contest, election, etc.)
  • to be unsuccessful
  • to decline (of morals, character, etc.)
  • to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation)
  • to stoop (to)
  • to sink (so low)
  • to be ruined
  • to go under
  • to fall (into hell)
  • to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)
  • to fall (into someone's hands)
  • to be accepted (of a bid)
  • to be won (of a tender)
  • to be honoured (of a bill)
  • to fall into (a trap)
  • to fall for (a trick)
  • to give in
  • to confess
  • to own up
  • to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.)
  • to arrive at (in the end)
  • to leave (a city, castle, etc.)
  • to (be defeated and) flee
  • to sink in
  • to be accepted (in one's heart)
  • to fall (to the enemy)
  • to be defeated
  • to come in (of money)
  • to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.)
  • to pass out (in judo)
  • to fall unconscious
  • to go down (of a website, server, etc.)
  • to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.)
  • to drop out
  • to leave
  • to go offline
  • to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather)
  • to die (of an animal)
  • to strike (of lightning)

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