落とす
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Meanings
- 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)
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Example sentences
I dropped my wallet.
She was careful not to drop her handkerchief.
Please remove the stain from the shirt.
Many students failed the exam.
Please drive at a lower speed.
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character (esp. kanji), letter, written text; handwriting, penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
important, serious, crucial; valuable, precious; serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis; great undertaking, great enterprise, great thing; safe, OK
to get dirty, to become dirty; to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity
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