Kanji1 / 12
落 kanji
fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ラク
Kun readings
おちるおちおとす
Words with 落
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2落第Popularfailure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
- N1墜落Popularfall; crash (of an aircraft)
- N1転落Popularfall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent; degradation; comedown; demotion
- N1没落Popularruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
- N1落下Popularfall; drop; descent; coming down
- N1洒落free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
- —下落Populardepreciation; decline; fall; slump
- —陥落Popularsubsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion; giving in (to someone's persuasion); yielding; being convinced
- —急落Popularsudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
- —集落Popularsettlement; village; community; town; (bacterial) colony
- —堕落Populardepravity; corruption; degradation
- —脱落Populardropping out; falling behind; falling by the wayside; desertion; omission; being left out; missing part; falling off; coming off; shedding
- —段落Popularparagraph; end; stopping place; conclusion
- —低落Popularfall; decline; slump
- —反落Popularreactionary fall (e.g. in stock prices)
- —部落Popularhamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
- —暴落Popularslump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
- —落語Popularrakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
- —落差Populardifference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); fall distance; difference; gap
- —落札Popularsuccessful bid; winning a tender