落とす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
落す

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "落とす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
落とす
Imperative (命令形) 落とせ
Key constructions
Passive 落とされる とされ
Causative 落とさせる とさせ
Potential 落とせる とせ
Volitional 落とそう とそ
Negative 落とさない とさない
Negative perfective 落とさなかった とさなかった
Formal 落とします としま
Perfective 落とした した
Conjunctive 落として して
Hypothetical conditional 落とせば せば

Verb

()とす (otosutransitive godan (stem ()とし (otoshi), past ()とした (otoshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 落とす
mediopassive 落ちる
  1. to drop something
    財布(さいふ)()とす
    saifu o otosu
    to lose one's wallet
  2. to remove/take off
    メイク化粧(けしょう))を()とす
    meiku (keshō) o otosu
    to remove/take off makeup
    ()()とす
    shimi o otosu
    to remove/take off a stain
  3. (impolite) to make a woman one's girlfriend
    女性(じょせい)()とす
    josei o otosu
    to make a woman one's girlfriend
  4. (Internet slang) to download
    公式(こうしき)から()とせる
    kōshiki kara otoseru
    available for download from official sources
  5. (informal) to fail an examination

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN