NichiDict

落とす

N4
おとす
落す堕とす墜とす
[otosu]
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Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

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

2.GodanTransitive

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.GodanTransitive

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

4.GodanTransitive

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.GodanTransitive

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.GodanTransitive

computingto download; to copy from a computer to another medium

7.GodanTransitive

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

8.GodanTransitive

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

Less common meanings (2)
9.GodanTransitiveJargon

martial artsto make someone swoon (judo)

10.GodanTransitiveSlang

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

Examples

財布を道で落としてしまった。

I dropped my wallet on the road.

この汚れは洗剤で落とせる

You can remove this stain with detergent.

音量を少し落としてくれますか。

Could you turn the volume down a bit?