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落とす

おとす

Readings

おとす

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5s, vtto drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
  2. 2.
    v5s, vtto 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. 3.
    v5s, vtto lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
  4. 4.
    v5s, vtto 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. 5.
    v5s, vtto 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
  6. 6.
    v5s, vtto download; to copy from a computer to another medium
  7. 7.
    v5s, vtto make someone swoon (judo)
  8. 8.
    v5s, vtto finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
  9. 9.
    v5s, vtto finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
  10. 10.
    v5s, vtto win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)

Kanji breakdown

N412 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

彼は花瓶を落とした。

He dropped a vase.

道の途中で鍵を落としたに違いない。

I must have lost my key along the way.

トニーはシャツを脱いで、それでピアノのよごれを落としました。

Tony took off his shirt and cleaned the piano with it.

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落とすおとす

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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