Meanings

1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse; to cave in
2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to dip; to go down
3. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to drop; to go down; to decline; to deteriorate
4. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be inferior (to); to be not as good (as); to fall short (of)
5. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto 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. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto disappear (of excess fat); to become thinner; to become leaner

Examples

• 葉が落ちた。

  The leaves fell.

• 彼は川に落ちた。

  He fell into the river.

• 彼は木から落ちた。

  He fell from the tree.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 落ちる

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