I Love Kanji落第 (rakudai)
落第 (らくだい, rakudai) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- らくだい
- Romaji
- rakudai
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year) · noun, suru verb, intransitive
- falling short of the standard; not making the grade · noun, suru verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 落第
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 落第する | らくだいする rakudaisuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 落第します | らくだいします rakudaishimasu |
| Negative | 落第しない | らくだいしない rakudaishinai |
| Polite negative | 落第しません | らくだいしません rakudaishimasen |
| Past | 落第した | らくだいした rakudaishita |
| Polite past | 落第しました | らくだいしました rakudaishimashita |
| Negative past | 落第しなかった | らくだいしなかった rakudaishinakatta |
| Te-form | 落第して | らくだいして rakudaishite |
| Potential | 落第できる | らくだいできる rakudaidekiru |
| Passive | 落第される | らくだいされる rakudaisareru |
| Causative | 落第させる | らくだいさせる rakudaisaseru |
| Volitional | 落第しよう | らくだいしよう rakudaishiyou |
| Imperative | 落第しろ | らくだいしろ rakudaishiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 落第すれば | らくだいすれば rakudaisureba |
Kanji in 落第
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 落第.
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 1548810 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.