Kanraku

陥落 (Kanraku) is a Japanese noun meaning “subsidence, sinking, cave-in, collapse”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsubsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender
  3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
  4. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgiving in (to someone's persuasion); yielding; being convinced

Examples

  • Paris fell in 1940.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 陥落

collapsefall

Related words

to fallto calm downto dropto feel downto fall into (e.g. a hole)falljokestylishscrawlslipfallto overlook