落とす
おとす
Also written 落す
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
- 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
- to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
- 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
- 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
- to download; to copy from a computer to another medium
- to make someone swoon (judo)
- to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
- to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
- to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)
Kanji
- 落 fall. Read as おとす.
Example sentences
- １００万人の人々がその戦争で命を落とした。
One million people lost their lives in the war. - 教科書を書き写すときに１語落としてしまったよ。
You've left out a word in copying the textbook. - あなたは自分の鉛筆を落とした。
You dropped your pencil. - 鉛筆を落としましたよ。
You dropped your pencil. - 強風は木から葉を落とした。
Strong winds stripped the tree of its leaves.
Common phrases
- 命を落とす (いのちをおとす) to lose one's life
- 調子を落とす
- 順位を落とす
- 汚れを落とす
- 速度を落とす
- 影を落とす (かげをおとす) to cast a shadow
- スコアを落とす
- ボールを落とす
- 腰を落とす
- ペースを落とす
- 番付を落とす
- 評判を落とす
- 体重を落とす
- 身を落とす (みをおとす) to descend
- スピードを落とす (スピードをおとす) to reduce (one's) speed
Related forms
- 落ちる (おちる) to fall (intransitive partner)
Words containing 落とす
- 落とし穴 (おとしあな) pitfall
- 落とし込む (おとしこむ) to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.)
- 落としどころ (おとしどころ) point of compromise
And 19 more.