落ちぶれる

おちぶれる

Also written 零落れる, 落魄れる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times

Kanji

• 落 fall. Read as おち.

Example sentences

• この国は本当に落ちぶれてきている。
  This country is really going to the dogs!
• 彼はおちぶれてしまった。
  He has come down in the world.

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