こぼれ落ちる

こぼれおちる

Also written 零れ落ちる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

Kanji

• 落 fall. Read as おちる.

Example sentences

• 酷使されている不法外国人労働者は制度の隙間にこぼれ落ちてしまうことが多いのです。
  Mistreated illegal foreign workers often fall between the cracks of the social system.

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