落る

Meanings

1. to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash; to collapse; to cave in; to give way
2. to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to dip; to go down
3. to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to drop; to go down; to decline; to deteriorate; to abate (of wind)
4. to be inferior (to); to be not as good (as); to fall short (of)
5. 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.)

Part of speech: ichidan verb, intransitive

Kanji

• 落

  Meanings

  fall, drop, come down, village

  On reading

  ラク

  Kun reading

  お.ちる、お.ち、お.とす

  Strokes

  12

Example sentences

• おじいちゃんが階段から落ちて大怪我をしたんだ。

  Grandpa fell down the stairs and got a serious injury.

  Tatoeba #227738 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 山の向こうに日が落ちた。

  The sun descended behind the mountains.

  Tatoeba #169427 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 今月は売上が落ちた。

  Sales are down this month.

  Tatoeba #171520 · CC BY 2.0 FR