Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 落とす(おとす) in Japanese

落とす, 落す
JLPT 4
Kana Reading
おとす
Romaji
otosu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Godan verb with `su' ending, transitive verb
    Meaning
    to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    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
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    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
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    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
  • Parts of speech
    computer terminology
    Meaning
    to download; to copy from a computer to another medium
  • Parts of speech
    Martial Arts Term
    Meaning
    to make someone swoon (judo)
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

Examples of 落とす, 落す, おとす in a sentence


Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
落とす
Plain Polite
落とします
Negative
落とさない
Negative Polite
落としません

Past

Plain
落とした
Plain Polite
落としました
Negative
落とさなかった
Negative Polite
落としませんでした

Te

Plain
落として
Plain Polite
落としまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
落とされる
Plain Polite
落とされます
Negative
落とされない
Negative Polite
落とされません


Related Kanji

JLPT 3

12 strokes

fall, drop, come down

On'Yomi: ラク

Kun'Yomi: お.ちる, お.ち, お.とす

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