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おとす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
2. 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. to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
4. 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. 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. to download; to copy from a computer to another medium
7. to make someone swoon (judo)
8. to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
9. to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
10. to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)
Alt. forms
落おとす
89%
落おとす
6%
おとす
3%
Pitch accent
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Top 17100
Conjugations...Used in: 553
Used in vocabulary (56 in total)
to lose one's life
to shake off; to throw off
to thrust down; to push off
53 more...
Examples (36 in total)
You dropped your handkerchief.
Mayuko has dropped the ball.
I'm going to lose weight.
It's not easy to lose weight.
He dropped a vase.
He dropped his books on the floor.
I'm sorry, I dropped my knife.
You must be careful not to drop the eggs.
Take care not to drop the bottle.
I've already turned off my computer.
He dropped the sausage on the ground.
Soap helps remove the dirt.
They dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Don't keep your eyes on the ground; look at me.
I must have lost my key along the way.
He lost his credibility because he betrayed a friend.
My sister dropped her plate on the floor.
The enemy dropped many bombs on the factory.
She wondered where she had lost her purse.
Mother removed mud from his shoes.
Excuse me, I dropped my chopsticks.
He dropped the cup and broke it.
Don't take my name off your list.
I dropped the pencil I was holding.
Soap has the property of removing dirt.
Jim dropped his pen and bent to pick it up.
Excuse me, could you lower your voice a little?
Is it safe to eat food that has dropped on the floor?
Tom has dropped and broken his phone twice this year.
Galileo dropped two iron balls from the top of the tower.
Every time I try to pick up sushi with chopsticks, I drop them as always.
The music next door is very loud. I wish they would turn it down.
If necessary, the government will force estate agents to reduce land prices.
I lost ten kilos in three months.
Don't drop cigarette ash on the carpet.
If you throw trash on the road, you have to pay a fine of up to 500 dollars.