単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#630 most used

落とす

おとす2

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

to drop; to lose

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

Tom dropped his new smartphone.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

Don't drop it.

from Tatoeba · bunbuku

MEANINGS

1

to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind

godan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

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

godan verb · transitive

3

to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)

godan verb · transitive

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

godan verb · transitive

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

godan verb · transitive

6

to download; to copy from a computer to another medium

godan verb · transitive

7

to make someone swoon (judo)

godan verb · transitive

8

to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)

godan verb · transitive

9

to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

godan verb · transitive

10

to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)

godan verb · transitive

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#630 most used

Written落とす、落す

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium