落す

Meanings

1. to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
2. to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
3. to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
4. to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
5. to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with

Part of speech: godan verb (す), transitive

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

• 彼は花瓶を落とした。

  He dropped a vase.

  Tatoeba #109184 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 道の途中で鍵を落としたに違いない。

  I must have lost my key along the way.

  Tatoeba #123596 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• トニーはシャツを脱いで、それでピアノのよごれを落としました。

  Tony took off his shirt and cleaned the piano with it.

  Tatoeba #200536 · CC BY 2.0 FR