The Japanese word for to fall is
落ちる
おちる - ochiru
Japanese Definition
| fall | |
| 1. 動詞. （汎用的に）おちる。 | |
| 2. 動詞. (人気・値段・需要・水量などが)下がる。減る。 | |
| 3. 動詞. （敵軍の手に）おちる。陥落する。攻め落とされる。 | |
| 4. 動詞. おとろえる。衰退する。 | |
| 5. 動詞. わるい状態になる。 | |
| 6. 動詞. （つまずいて）ころぶ。 | |
| 7. 動詞. （疾病や犯罪に）しぬ、消滅する。 | |
| 8. 名詞. 落下、下降、墜落。 | |
| 9. 名詞. 陥落。 | |
| 10. 名詞. 堕落。 | |
| 11. 名詞. 滝（water fall）。 | |
| 12. 名詞. （米）秋。 | |
| 13. 名詞. 衰退。 | |
| 14. 名詞. 消滅、死、潰滅、滅亡。 |
Translations for fall and their definitions
| 落下 | |
| 1. n. falling, a fall | |
| 2. v. to fall |
| 落ちる | |
| 1. v. (ja-vp, 落とす, 落ちる) | |
| 2. v. to fall | |
| りんごが木から落ちた。 - The apple fell from the tree. | |
| 3. v. (computing) to go down (as when a computer or application becomes unresponsive) | |
| 4. v. (electrical engineering of a circuit breaker) to trip | |
| ブレーカーが落ちた - the circuit breaker tripped | |
| 5. v. (informal) to fail an examination | |
| (antonyms, ja, 受かる, tr=ukaru) | |
| 6. v. (internet slang chat, video games, etc., of a person) to leave; to sign off; to drop off; to drop |
| 崩れる | |
| 1. v. (ja-vp, 崩す, 崩れる) | |
| 2. v. collapse, fall, be destroyed |
| 転ぶ | |
| 1. v. to fall down | |
| 2. v. to fall morally or metaphysically | |
| 彼は金につれて敵方に転んだ。 - He was enticed by money and went over to the enemy. | |
| どっちに転んでも損はない。 - No matter what, we have nothing to lose. | |
| 3. v. (Hachijo) to die |
| 降下する | |
| 1. to descend |
| 倒れる | |
| 1. v. (ja-vp, 倒す, 倒れる) | |
| 2. v. fall, collapse | |
| 3. v. go bankrupt |
| 没落 | |
| 1. n. downfall, collapse | |
| 2. v. to become bankrupt | |
| 3. v. to fall, go to ruin |
| 降る | |
| 1. v. to fall from the sky, to precipitate | |
| 雨が降っている。 - It's raining. | |
| 雪が降っている。 - It's snowing. | |
| 2. v. (passive) to be hit by or caught in something falling head on. | |
| ゲリラ豪雨 に 降られて、全身 びしょびしょ に なっちゃった。 - There was a sudden rain storm, and I got soaked head to toe. | |
| 昨日 親父 は 雹 に 降られた。 - My dad got caught in a hail storm yesterday. | |
| 3. v. Usage: * This is one of the intransitive verbs lacking an active pair which allows the use of passive voice to imply the negative emotion of or damage to the subject (recipient) of |
| 潰れる | |
| 1. v. (ja-vp, 潰す, 潰れる) | |
| 2. v. to be ruined, crushed, smashed, destroyed, wrecked | |
| 地震で家々が潰れた。 - Many houses were destroyed by an earthquake. | |
| 3. v. to be ruined, to go bankrupt, to go under | |
| 大学が潰れた。 - A university went bankrupt. | |
| 4. v. (of a blade) to become dull | |
| 5. v. to be smashed; to be wasted (drunk) |
| 降下 | |
| 1. n. descent | |
| 2. interj. jump! (command when parachuting) | |
| 3. v. to fall, to descend | |
| 4. v. to drop, especially for the temperature to drop |
| 潰える | |
| 1. v. fall apart, collapse |
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