落とす
おとす ・ otosu
Pitch accent
落とす
〜ます形
〜て形
〜た形
〜ない形
〜なかった形
〜ば形
使役形
受身形
命令形
可能形
〜う形
Meaning
- 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)
Examples
- 〔女を〕 落とす
〔おんなを〕おとす
To win over a woman - 〔価値・質・名声などを〕落とす
〔かち・しつ・めいせいなどを〕おとす
To diminish (value, quality, reputation, etc.) - 〔汚れ・染みなどを〕 落とす
〔よごれ・しみなどを〕おとす
To remove dirt, stains, etc.