落石

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Chinese

to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (落石) 落 石
simp. #(落石) 落 石

Pronunciation

Noun

落石

  1. fallen stones; falling rocks
    注意落石。  ―  Zhùyì luòshí.  ―  Danger — falling rocks.

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
落 石
らく
Grade: 3 		せき
Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

落(らく)石(せき) • (rakuseki) 

  1. fallen stones; falling rocks
    • 2019 June 16, PuutanSS, “Rakuseki”, in YamaReco‎:
      自(じ)分(ぶん)が落(らく)石(せき)を起(お)こした場(ば)合(あい)や、落(らく)石(せき)を目(もく)撃(げき)した場(ば)合(あい)は、大(おお)声(ごえ)で「落(らく)石(せき)！」や「ラーク！」と叫(さけ)んで、周(しゅう)囲(い)の人(ひと)に知(し)らせるのが山(さん)行(こう)のマナー
      Jibun ga rakuseki o okoshita bāi ya, rakuseki o mokugeki shita bāi wa, ōgoe de “rakuseki!” ya “rāku!” to sakende, shūi no hito ni shiraseru no ga sankō no manā
      If you cause falling rocks, or if you see falling rocks, it is good climbing manners to shout in a loud voice “rakuseki!” or “rāku!” to warn people in the vicinity

Verb

落(らく)石(せき)する • (rakuseki suru) suru (stem 落(らく)石(せき)し (rakuseki shi), past 落(らく)石(せき)した (rakuseki shita))

  1. (of rocks or stones) to fall from a hill or cliff
    • 2019, Zenkoku kyōdo Fuji-san: Fūfu futari tabi [Everybody's hometown, Mount Fuji: Married couple travels together]‎:
      下(くだ)りは必(かなら)ずかなり大(おお)きな石(いし)が落(らく)石(せき)するので 3(さん)人(にん)で1人(ひとり)ずつ下(お)りていて
      Kudari wa kanarazu kanari ōkina ishi ga rakuseki suru no de sannin de hitori zutsu orite-ite
      Since very large stones always fall during the decent, the three of us went down one at a time
Conjugation
Conjugation of "落石する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 落石し らくせきし rakuseki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 落石し らくせきし rakuseki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 落石する らくせきする rakuseki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 落石する らくせきする rakuseki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 落石すれ らくせきすれ rakuseki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 落石せよ¹
落石しろ² 		らくせきせよ¹
らくせきしろ² 		rakuseki seyo¹
rakuseki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 落石される らくせきされる rakuseki sareru
Causative 落石させる
落石さす 		らくせきさせる
らくせきさす 		rakuseki saseru
rakuseki sasu
Potential 落石できる らくせきできる rakuseki dekiru
Volitional 落石しよう らくせきしよう rakuseki shiyō
Negative 落石しない らくせきしない rakuseki shinai
Negative continuative 落石せず らくせきせず rakuseki sezu
Formal 落石します らくせきします rakuseki shimasu
Perfective 落石した らくせきした rakuseki shita
Conjunctive 落石して らくせきして rakuseki shite
Hypothetical conditional 落石すれば らくせきすれば rakuseki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
落 石
おち
Grade: 3 		いし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

落(おち)石(いし) • (Ochīshi) 

  1. a neighborhood of Monbetsu, Hokkaido prefecture
  2. an area near the base of Nemuro Peninsula in Nemuro city, Hokkaido prefecture
  3. former name of Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Synonyms

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