落おとす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
Even so, I move slowly so as not to let my feet fall into the water.
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
I had someone clean the dirt off the car.
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
I lower my voice slightly and check.
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
6. to download; to copy from a computer to another medium
7. to make someone swoon (judo)
8. to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
9. to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
10. to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)
Kanji used
fall down
Pitch accent
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と
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Top 900
Used in vocabulary (76 in total)
to drop one's shoulders
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to lose one's life
Examples (63 in total)
It will break if you drop it.
You dropped your handkerchief.
Did you drop the box into the sea?
Mayuko has dropped the ball.
I'm going to lose weight.
It's not easy to lose weight.
Shall we lower the lighting a little more?
I lost ten kilos in three months.
He dropped a vase.
I lower my voice slightly and check.
He dropped his books on the floor.
Hey, young man, you dropped this.
I'm sorry, I dropped my knife.
It's about time we pruned the branches.
You must be careful not to drop the eggs.
But did I drop a notebook or something?
It had been gradually losing altitude.
Take care not to drop the bottle.
I had someone clean the dirt off the car.
I've already turned off my computer.
Being overweight also lowers performance.
He dropped the sausage on the ground.
Soap helps remove the dirt.
They dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Don't keep your eyes on the ground; look at me.
I slow down and enter the village.
I must have lost my key along the way.
He lost his credibility because he betrayed a friend.
Why? Because you dropped it and I picked it up.
My sister dropped her plate on the floor.
The enemy dropped many bombs on the factory.
Mother removed mud from his shoes.
She wondered where she had lost her purse.
Excuse me, I dropped my chopsticks.
He dropped the cup and broke it.
Don't take my name off your list.
I carefully brush off the clinging snow.
I dropped a plate and chipped it a little.
I dropped the pencil I was holding.
Did he drop it when he fell?
The old man stood up after knocking the fire out of his pipe.
Soap has the property of removing dirt.
Jim dropped his pen and bent to pick it up.
Don't drop cigarette ash on the carpet.
Excuse me, could you lower your voice a little?
During the war, bombs were dropped on this town too.
It often happens that I almost drop my smartphone in the toilet.
I was suddenly spoken to and almost dropped my brush.
Once cut, the branches are removed to make lumber.
Tom wanted to lose five pounds before summer vacation.
Is it safe to eat food that has dropped on the floor?
It seems that there was no impact on the town due to reducing the power.
I absolutely wasn't trying to get you hooked on shoujo manga, okay?
The woman dropped the plate, and all the food was scattered on the floor.
Tom has dropped and broken his phone twice this year.
Galileo dropped two iron balls from the top of the tower.
Even so, I move slowly so as not to let my feet fall into the water.
Every time I try to pick up sushi with chopsticks, I drop them as always.
The music next door is very loud. I wish they would turn it down.
In other words, that is how much it lowered Japan's international credit and status.
If you throw trash on the road, you have to pay a fine of up to 500 dollars.
If necessary, the government will force estate agents to reduce land prices.
Feeling as if lightning had struck overhead, I instinctively covered my head with both hands.