I Love Kanji落着く (ochitsuku)
落着く (おちつく, ochitsuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to calm down; to compose oneself”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おちつく
- Romaji
- ochitsuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax · godan verb, intransitive
- to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate · godan verb, intransitive
- to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in · godan verb, intransitive
- to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.); to be fixed; to have been reached · godan verb, intransitive
- to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 落着く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 落着く | おちつく ochitsuku |
| Polite (~masu) | 落着きます | おちつきます ochitsukimasu |
| Negative | 落着かない | おちつかない ochitsukanai |
| Polite negative | 落着きません | おちつきません ochitsukimasen |
| Past | 落着いた | おちついた ochitsuita |
| Polite past | 落着きました | おちつきました ochitsukimashita |
| Negative past | 落着かなかった | おちつかなかった ochitsukanakatta |
| Te-form | 落着いて | おちついて ochitsuite |
| Potential | 落着ける | おちつける ochitsukeru |
| Passive | 落着かれる | おちつかれる ochitsukareru |
| Causative | 落着かせる | おちつかせる ochitsukaseru |
| Volitional | 落着こう | おちつこう ochitsukou |
| Imperative | 落着け | おちつけ ochitsuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 落着けば | おちつけば ochitsukeba |
Kanji in 落着く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 落着く.
落るおちるto fall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 1589220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.