| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 落 |
| お Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 堕つ 墜つ |
From Old Japanese.
落つ • (otsu) transitive or intransitive †nidan
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 落ち | おち | oti |
| Continuative (連用形) | 落ち | おち | oti |
| Terminal (終止形) | 落つ | おつ | otu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 落つる | おつる | oturu |
| Realis (已然形) | 落つれ | おつれ | oture |
| Imperative (命令形) | 落ちよ | おちよ | otiyo |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 落ちず | おちず | otizu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 落つれど | おつれど | oturedo |
| Causal conjunction | 落つれば | おつれば | otureba |
| Conditional conjunction | 落ちば | おちば | otiba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 落ちき | おちき | otiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 落ちけり | おちけり | otikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 落ちつ | おちつ | otitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 落ちぬ | おちぬ | otinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 落ちたり | おちたり | otitari |
| Volitional | 落ちむ | おちむ | otimu |