落とす（おとす）
JLPT N4 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 2
Meaning: to drop (trans.)
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 落とします | おとします |
| te-form | 落として | おとして |
| ta-form (past) | 落とした | おとした |
| nai-form (negative) | 落とさない | おとさない |
| potential form | 落とせる | おとせる |
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Example sentences
- うっかり道で財布を落とした。 — I accidentally dropped my wallet on the street.
- 運転中はスピードを落として気をつける。 — I slow down and drive carefully while at the wheel.
Idioms & proverbs containing “落とす”
- 獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とす (ししはわがこをせんじんのたににおとす) — make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
- 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い (とぶとりをおとすいきおい) — great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
- 飛ぶ鳥も落とす勢い (とぶとりもおとすいきおい) — great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
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