JLPT N4 vocabulary
落とす: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
おとす2Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to drop, to lose, to let fall, to shed (light), to cast (one's gaze), to pour in (liquid), to leave behind
- to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.), to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair), to lose, to spend money at a certain place, to omit, to leave out, to secretly let escape
- to lose (a match), to reject (an applicant), to fail (a course), to defeat (in an election)
- to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice), to lessen (e.g. production or body weight), to worsen (quality), to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity), to speak badly of, to make light of, to fall into straitened circumstances
- to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin), to make one's own, to have one's bid accepted, to force surrender, to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle), to forcefully convince, to press for a confession, to deal with
- (computing) to download, to copy from a computer to another medium
- (martial arts) to make someone swoon (judo)
- to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
- to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
- (colloquial) to win over, to seduce, to conquer (unwillingness)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 落とす | 落と |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 落と | 落と |
| Polite presentます形 | 落と | 落と |
| Polite pastました形 | 落と | 落と |
| Te-formて形 | 落と | 落と |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 落と | 落と |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 落と | 落と |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 落と | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 落と | 落と |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 落と | 落とす |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 落と | 落と |
| Passive受身形 | 落と | 落と |
| Make / let使役形 | 落と | 落と |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 落と | 落と |
Example sentences
節約した甲斐もなく、財布を落としてしまった。
Despite being careful with our money, it was all for naught: I ended up dropping my wallet.
昨日財布を落としたんです。しかも5万円も入ってたんですよ。
I lost my wallet yesterday. On top of that, I had 50,000 yen in it.