語感 Dictionary

落とす

おとす

to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light)

JLPT N4 Common word Also written 落す、堕とす、墜とす

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-su), Transitive

    to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
  2. 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
  3. to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
  4. 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
  5. 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
All 10 meanings
  1. to download; to copy from a computer to another medium
  2. to make someone swoon (judo)
  3. to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
  4. to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
  5. to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)Colloquial

Forms

PlainPolite
Present落とすおとす落としますおとします
Negative落とさないおとさない落としませんおとしません
Past落としたおとした落としましたおとしました
Past negative落とさなかったおとさなかった落としませんでしたおとしませんでした
Te-form落としておとして
Potential落とせるおとせる
Passive落とされるおとされる
Causative落とさせるおとさせる
Volitional落とそうおとそう
Imperative落とせおとせ
Conditional (ば)落とせばおとせば
Conditional (たら)落としたらおとしたら

Example sentences

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