落つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
堕つ
墜つ

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Verb

() • (otsutransitive or intransitive nidan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to fall

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "落つ" (タ行上二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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

Derived terms