Word

落とす

おとす
CommonJLPT N4

Meanings

  1. Godan verb · Transitive

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

  2. Godan verb · Transitive

    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. Godan verb · Transitive

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

  4. Godan verb · Transitive

    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. Godan verb · Transitive

    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

  6. Godan verb · Transitive

    to download; to copy from a computer to another medium

  7. Godan verb · Transitive

    to make someone swoon (judo)

  8. Godan verb · Transitive

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

  9. Godan verb · Transitive

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

  10. Godan verb · Transitive

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

In Spanish

  1. caer; perder; dejar caer

Other forms
落す、堕とす、墜とす、陥とす、陥す

Kanji in this word

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