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

  1. to fall, to drop, to come down, to crash, to collapse, to cave in, to give way
  2. to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to dip, to go down
  3. to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.), to fall, to drop, to go down, to decline, to deteriorate, to abate (of wind)
  4. to be inferior (to), to be not as good (as), to fall short (of)
  5. 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.)
  6. to disappear (of excess fat), to become thinner, to become leaner
  7. to be left out, to be omitted, to be missing
  8. to fail (an exam), to lose (a contest, election, etc.), to be unsuccessful
  9. to decline (of morals, character, etc.), to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation), to stoop (to), to sink (so low)
  10. to be ruined, to go under, to fall (into hell)
  11. to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)
  12. to fall (into someone's hands), to be accepted (of a bid), to be won (of a tender), to be honoured (of a bill)
  13. to fall into (a trap), to fall for (a trick)
  14. to give in
  15. to confess, to own up
  16. to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.), to arrive at (in the end)
  17. to leave (a city, castle, etc.), to (be defeated and) flee
  18. to sink in, to be accepted (in one's heart)
  19. to fall (to the enemy), to be defeated
  20. to come in (of money)
  21. to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.)
  22. to pass out (in judo), to fall unconscious
  23. (computing) to go down (of a website, server, etc.), to crash
  24. (slang) to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.), to drop out, to leave, to go offline
  25. to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather)
  26. to die (of an animal)

Conjugation

落ちる · Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
FormAffirmativeNegative
Basics
Plain present辞書形 · ない形落ちるおちる落ちないおちない
Plain pastた形 · なかった形落ちたおちた落ちなかったおちなかった
Polite presentます形落ちますおちます落ちませんおちません
Polite pastました形落ちましたおちました落ちませんでしたおちませんでした
Te-formて形落ちておちて落ちなくておちなくて
Conditions and moods
If (-ba)ば形落ちればおちれば落ちなければおちなければ
If / when (-tara)たら形落ちたらおちたら落ちなかったらおちなかったら
Let’s / will意向形落ちようおちよう—not in common use
Want toたい形落ちたいおちたい落ちたくないおちたくない
Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形落ちろおちろ落ちるなおちるな
Can · passive · causative
Can (potential)可能形落ちられるおちられる落ちられないおちられない
Passive受身形落ちられるおちられる落ちられないおちられない
Make / let使役形落ちさせるおちさせる落ちさせないおちさせない
Be made to使役受身形落ちさせられるおちさせられる落ちさせられないおちさせられない

Example sentences

  1. 僕ぼくは次つぎの試験しけんに落ちおたらそれまでなんだ!

    If I fail the next exam it's over!

  2. 彼かれは遊んあそでばかりで試験しけんに落ちるおのももっともだ。

    He's always messing around so it's only natural for him to fail the exam.

  3. 弟おとうとは昨日きのうの試験しけんに落ちおた。 頭あたまがよくないと言ういより全然ぜんぜん勉強べんきょうしなかったせいだ。

    My little brother failed the exam yesterday. Rather than saying that he is not smart, it is because he did not study at all.