I Love Kanji落る (ochiru)
落る (おちる, ochiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fall; to drop”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おちる
- Romaji
- ochiru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to dip; to go down · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to drop; to go down; to decline · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be inferior (to); to be not as good (as); to fall short (of) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- 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.) · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 落る
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 落る | おちる ochiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 落ます | おちます ochimasu |
| Negative | 落ない | おちない ochinai |
| Polite negative | 落ません | おちません ochimasen |
| Past | 落た | おちた ochita |
| Polite past | 落ました | おちました ochimashita |
| Negative past | 落なかった | おちなかった ochinakatta |
| Te-form | 落て | おちて ochite |
| Potential | 落られる | おちられる ochirareru |
| Passive | 落られる | おちられる ochirareru |
| Causative | 落させる | おちさせる ochisaseru |
| Volitional | 落よう | おちよう ochiyou |
| Imperative | 落ろ | おちろ ochiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 落れば | おちれば ochireba |
Kanji in 落る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 落る.
落すおとすto dropお洒落おしゃれstylish洒落しゃれjoke落第らくだいfailure (in an examination)落着くおちつくto calm down落し物おとしものlost property落葉おちばfallen leaves転落てんらくfall墜落ついらくfall没落ぼつらくruin落下らっかfall洒落るしゃれるto dress stylishly落ち込むおちこむto feel down落ち着きおちつきcalmness
Source: JMdict entry 1548550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.