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落ちる

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
堕ちる (negative connotations)
墜ちる

Etymology

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/otu//ot͡su//ot͡ɕiru/

Regular development from classical verb form 落つ (otsu, to fall; to decline; to come to an end). In turn, from Old Japanese 落つ (otu) of the same meaning,[1][2][3][4][5] from Proto-Japonic *ətu.

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[2]

Via root ot-, cognate with 劣る (otoru, to fail, to lose; to be of lower rank, intransitive) and 落とす (otosu, to drop something, transitive). Additionally, cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *ote (to fall).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「落ちる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
落ちる [òchíꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 落ちろ [òchíꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 落ちられる ちられ [òchíráréꜜrù]
Causative 落ちさせる ちさせ [òchísáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 落ちよう ちよ [òchíyóꜜò]
Negative 落ちない ない [òchíꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 落ちなかった なかった [òchíꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 落ちます ちま [òchímáꜜsù]
Perfective 落ちた ちた [óꜜchìtà]
Conjunctive 落ちて ちて [óꜜchìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 落ちれば れば [òchíꜜrèbà]

Verb

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()ちる (ochiruintransitive ichidan (stem () (ochi), past ()ちた (ochita))

Japanese verb pair
active 落とす
mediopassive 落ちる
  1. to fall
    りんごが()から()ちた
    Ringo ga ki kara ochita.
    The apple fell from the tree.
  2. (computing) to go down (as when a computer or application becomes unresponsive)
  3. (electrical engineering, of a circuit breaker) to trip
    ブレーカー()ちた
    burēkā ga ochita
    the circuit breaker tripped
  4. (informal) to fail an examination
    Antonym: 受かる (ukaru)
  5. (Internet slang, chat, video games, etc., of a person) to leave; to sign off; to drop off; to drop
  6. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    ネットに()ちてる
    netto ni ochiteru
    to have been placed on the web

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References

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  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 落・堕・墜”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ 落ちる”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN