落 : Fall

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Components:

艹洛

fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet

On 'yomi:

ラク(raku)

Kun 'yomi:

お.ちる(o.chiru) お.ち(o.chi) お.とす(o.tosu)

Nanori:

おち(ochi)

Strokes:	12
Radical:	艸 (140)
Usage Rating:	420

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	3

Unicode:	0843d
jis208:	45-78

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落 Usage examples

奈落の底(ならくのそこ)	abyss
楽屋落ち(がくやおち)	inside joke, private joke
虎落(もがり)	bamboo fence, extortion
虎落笛(もがりぶえ)	winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence
射落とす(いおとす)	to shoot down, to win, to gain
付け落とす(つけおとす)	to neglect to make an entry in a ledger
蹴落とす(けおとす) 蹴落す(けおとす)	to kick down, to defeat
追い落とす(おいおとす)	to disperse, to take a castle
言い落す(いいおとす) 言落す(いいおとす)	to omit, to forget to mention, to leave unspoken
ふるい落とす(ふるいおとす) 篩い落とす(ふるいおとす) ふるい落す(ふるいおとす) 篩い落す(ふるいおとす)	to sift out, to screen or eliminate (candidates)
落ち行く(おちゆく)	to flee, to be ruined
競り落とす(せりおとす) 競り落す(せりおとす)	to knock down the price of
こき落とす(こきおとす) 扱き落とす(こきおとす)	to thresh
聞き落す(ききおとす)	to fail to catch
生まれ落ちる(うまれおちる) 生れ落ちる(うまれおちる)	to be born
掻き落とす(かきおとす)	to scrape off
一段落付ける(いちだんらくつける)	to complete the first stage of, to settle for the time being
栄落(えいらく)	flourishing and declining
落とし主(おとしぬし) 落し主(おとしぬし)	loser, owner of a lost article
角落ち(かくおち)	shogi game with the superior player playing without the kaku
狐を落とす(きつねをおとす)	to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)
こすり落とす(こすりおとす) 擦り落とす(こすりおとす)	to scrape off, to rub off
滴り落ちる(したたりおちる) したたり落ちる(したたりおちる)	to trickle down
信用がガタ落ちだ(しんようがガタおちだ)	a sudden fall in public estimation (e.g. into the gutter)
速力を落とす(そくりょくをおとす)	to slow down
単位を落とす(たんいをおとす)	fail to make the grade
砦を落とす(とりでをおとす)	to capture a fort
払い落とす(はらいおとす)	to brush off, to shake off
品質を落とす(ひんしつをおとす)	to lower the quality
厄を落とす(やくをおとす)	to exorcise, to escape evil
邑落(ゆうらく)	hamlet
空中落下(くうちゅうらっか)	air pluviation, pluviate
落選者(らくせんしゃ)	unsuccessful candidate
引き落とし(ひきおとし) 引落とし(ひきおとし)	debit, frontal pull-down, hiki-otoshi
瓦落多(ガラクタ)	junk, rubbish, trash, garbage, odds and ends
中落ち(なかおち)	left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef
落綿(らくめん)	cotton waste
落筆(らくひつ)	initial brush stroke in calligraphy
増資権利落ち(ぞうしけんりおち)	ex-rights (stock)
零れ落ちる(こぼれおちる) こぼれ落ちる(こぼれおちる)	to spill over and fall, to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
四当五落(よんとうごらく) ４当５落(よんとうごらく)	sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
落ちこぼれる(おちこぼれる) 落ち零れる(おちこぼれる)	to drop, to fall, to spill, to drop out
落籍す(ひかす)	to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)