落ちる（おちる）
JLPT N4 · Ichidan verb (Group 2)
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 2
Meaning: to fall / drop
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 落ちます | おちます |
| te-form | 落ちて | おちて |
| ta-form (past) | 落ちた | おちた |
| nai-form (negative) | 落ちない | おちない |
| potential form | 落ちられる | おちられる |
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Example sentences
- 地震で棚から本が落ちた。 — The earthquake made books fall off the shelf.
- 残念ながら、試験に落ちてしまった。 — Unfortunately, I failed the exam.
Idioms & proverbs containing “落ちる”
- 猿も木から落ちる (さるもきからおちる) — even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
- 雷が落ちる (かみなりがおちる) — to be struck by lightning
- 地に落ちる (ちにおちる) — to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
- 目から鱗が落ちる (めからうろこがおちる) — to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
- 目から鱗の落ちる (めからうろこのおちる) — revelatory
- ほっぺたが落ちる (ほっぺたがおちる) — to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
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