JLPT N4 vocabulary
落ちる: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
おちる2Nakadaka · falls inside
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- 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 fall, to drop, to go down, 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
- (computing) to go down (of a website, server, etc.), to crash
- (slang) 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)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 落ちる | 落ち |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| Polite presentます形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| Polite pastました形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| Te-formて形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 落ち | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 落ち | 落ちる |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| Passive受身形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| Make / let使役形 | 落ち | 落ち |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 落ち | 落ち |
Example sentences
僕は次の試験に落ちたらそれまでなんだ!
If I fail the next exam it's over!
彼は遊んでばかりで試験に落ちるのももっともだ。
He's always messing around so it's only natural for him to fail the exam.
弟は昨日の試験に落ちた。 頭がよくないと言うより全然勉強しなかったせいだ。
My little brother failed the exam yesterday. Rather than saying that he is not smart, it is because he did not study at all.