落ちる

おちる

• Verb

  Ichidan verb, intransitive
  1. to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money).
  2. to be omitted; to be missing.
  3. to decrease; to sink.
  4. to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.).
  5. to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind.
  6. to become indecent (of a conversation).
  7. to be ruined; to go under.
  8. to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list).

     See also 狐が落ちる .

  9. to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession.
  10. to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick).
  11. to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee.
  12. to fall; to be defeated; to surrender.
  13. to come to (in the end); to end in.
  14. to fall (in love, asleep, etc.).

      See also 恋に落ちる , 眠りに落ちる .

  15. to swoon (judo).
  16. to consent; to understand.

      See also 腑に落ちない .

  17. (computer terminology) to crash; to freeze.
  18. (of animals) to die.
  19. to move to the depths.

      of fish when it gets cold