| 落ちる | おちる | to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash | n4 |
| 落す | おとす | to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light) | n4 |
| 落 | おち | slip; omission; upshot; denouement | n2 |
| 落とす | おとす | to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light) | n4 |
| 落ち着く | おちつく | to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax | n3 |
| 落着 | らくちゃく | being settled; coming to a conclusion | |
| 落ちつく | おちつく | to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax | n3 |
| 落語 | らくご | rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller) | n2 |
| 落葉 | おちば | fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves; leaf fall | n1 |
| 落つ | おつ | to fall; to drop | |
| 集落 | しゅうらく | settlement; village; community; town | n1 |
| 堕落 | だらく | depravity; corruption; degradation | |
| 部落 | ぶらく | hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area | |
| 洒落 | しゃれ | joke; pun; jest; witticism | n2 |
| 落ち | おち | slip; omission; upshot; denouement | n2 |
| 落胆 | らくたん | discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment | n1 |
| 落ち込む | おちこむ | to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits | n2 |
| 落下 | らっか | fall; drop; descent; coming down | n1 |
| 落し | おとし | dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down | |
| 落着き | おちつき | calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability | |
| 沒落 | ぼつらく | ruin; fall; collapse; downfall | |
| 没落 | ぼつらく | ruin; fall; collapse; downfall | |
| 村落 | そんらく | village; hamlet; settlement | n1 |
| 墜落 | ついらく | fall; crash (of an aircraft) | n1 |
| 落第 | らくだい | failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade | |
| 洒落る | しゃれる | to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words | |
| 落ち合う | おちあう | to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.) | |
| 一段落 | いちだんらく | reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work) | n2 |
| 転落 | てんらく | fall; tumble; spill; plunge | |
| 見落す | みおとす | to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing) | n1 |
| 落ち着き | おちつき | calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability | |
| 落ちこむ | おちこむ | to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits | n2 |
| 落書 | らくがき | scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle | n1 |
| 奈落 | ならく | Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom | |
| 下落 | げらく | depreciation; decline; fall; slump | |
| 脱落 | だつらく | dropping out; falling behind; falling by the wayside; desertion | n1 |
| 零落 | れいらく | falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin | |
| 陥落 | かんらく | subsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse | |
| 落選 | らくせん | failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election; not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.) | n1 |
| 転げ落ちる | ころげおちる | to fall off; to tumble down | |
| 落日 | らくじつ | setting sun | |
| 落ちつける | おちつける | to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down | |
| 流れ落ちる | ながれおちる | to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down | |
| 手落ち | ておち | oversight; omission | |
| 落花 | らっか | falling petals | n1 |
| 落度 | おちど | mistake; error; fault; slip | |
| 落着ける | おちつける | to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down | |
| 崩れ落ちる | くずれおちる | to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in | |
| 落合う | おちあう | to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.) | |
| 環濠集落 | かんごうしゅうらく | moated settlement (Yayoi period) | |
| 見落とす | みおとす | to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing) | n1 |
| 限界集落 | げんかいしゅうらく | marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens | |
| 滑り落ちる | すべりおちる | to slip off | |
| 落伍 | らくご | straggling; falling behind; being left behind; dropping out | n2 |
| 力落とし | ちからおとし | discouragement; disappointment; loss of energy; fatigue | |
| 磊落 | らいらく | open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things | |
| 落ちぶれる | おちぶれる | to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty | |
| 落とし | おとし | dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down | |
| 落葉松 | からまつ | (Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi) | |
| 落ち葉 | おちば | fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves; leaf fall | n2 |
| お洒落 | おしゃれ | stylish; fashionable; trendy; chic | n3 |
| 凋落 | ちょうらく | decline; fall; decay; withering | |
| 暴落 | ぼうらく | slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline | |
| 落成 | らくせい | completion (of a building) | |
| 落城 | らくじょう | fall of a castle; surrender of a castle; giving up (on something); giving in (to persuasion) | |
| こぼれ落ちる | こぼれおちる | to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.) | |
| 落魄 | らくはく | being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances | |
| 落雷 | らくらい | lightning strike; lightning bolt | |
| 落語家 | らくごか | rakugo story teller; comic story teller | |
| 落涙 | らくるい | shedding tears; lacrimation | |
| 洒落本 | しゃれぼん | sharebon; late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts | |
| 駄洒落 | だじゃれ | feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun | |
| 蹴落す | けおとす | to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead | |
| 落人 | おちうど | defeated soldier fleeing the enemy | |
| 急落 | きゅうらく | sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop | |
| 切り落す | きりおとす | to cut off; to lop off; to prune | n1 |
| ずり落ちる | ずりおちる | to slip down; to slide down; to glide down | |
| 焼け落ちる | やけおちる | to be burned down | |
| 落ちのびる | おちのびる | to run away; to escape safely | |
| 自堕落 | じだらく | self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched | |
| 落下傘 | らっかさん | parachute | |
| 切り落とす | きりおとす | to cut off; to lop off; to prune | n1 |
| 落葉広葉樹 | らくようこうようじゅ | deciduous broad-leaved tree | |
| 落馬 | らくば | falling from a horse | |
| 落ち着ける | おちつける | to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down | |
| 落とし穴 | おとしあな | pitfall; trap; pit | n2 |
| 落っこちる | おっこちる | to fall; to drop; to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.) | |
| 落とし込む | おとしこむ | to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice | |
| 落差 | らくさ | difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); fall distance | |
| 落ち込み | おちこみ | decline; downturn; drop; fall | |
| 段落 | だんらく | paragraph; end; stopping place; conclusion | |
| 落款 | らっかん | signature and seal (on calligraphy, paintings, etc.) | |
| 抜け落ちる | ぬけおちる | to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out | n2 |
| 欠落 | けつらく | lack; absence; omission | |
| 打ち落す | うちおとす | to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off | |
| 突き落とす | つきおとす | to thrust down; to push off | |
| 生れ落ちる | うまれおちる | to be born | n1 |
| 落雁 | らくがん | rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting | |
| 気落ち | きおち | discouraged; dispirited; despondent | |
| 落莫 | らくばく | desolate; dreary; lonesome | |
| 落葉樹 | らくようじゅ | deciduous tree | |
| 引き落とし | ひきおとし | debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down | |
| 落書き | らくがき | scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle | n1 |
| 落札 | らくさつ | successful bid; winning a tender | |
| 落首 | らくしゅ | lampoon; satirical poem | |
| 落ち着き払う | おちつきはらう | to stay calm; to keep cool | |
| 落武者 | おちむしゃ | fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter | |
| 逆落し | さかおとし | dropping (something) headfirst down a precipice; downhill rush; plunging down a precipice | |
| 落命 | らくめい | losing one's life; death | |
| 駈落ち | かけおち | elopement; running away with a lover | |
| 群落 | ぐんらく | many communities (villages); cluster of plants | |
| 脱落膜 | だつらくまく | decidua | |
| 落下傘候補 | らっかさんこうほ | party appointee in a safe constituency; parachute candidate | |
| 剥落 | はくらく | peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation | |
| 落ち行く | おちゆく | to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world | |
| 落下傘部隊 | らっかさんぶたい | paratroops | |
| 片手落ち | かたておち | one-sided; partial; unfair | |
| 聚落 | しゅうらく | settlement; village; community; town | n1 |
| 落ち度 | おちど | mistake; error; fault; slip | |
| 顛落 | てんらく | fall; tumble; spill; plunge | |
| 落ち目 | おちめ | on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes | |
| 落籍す | ひかす | to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha) | |
| 都落ち | みやこおち | leaving (fleeing) the capital | |
| 落穂 | おちぼ | fallen ears (of grain); gleanings | |
| 崩落 | ほうらく | collapse; break; cave-in; crash | |
| 振り落とす | ふりおとす | to shake off; to throw off | |
| 淪落 | りんらく | ruin; depravity; corruption | |
| 取り落とす | とりおとす | to drop; to let fall; to omit | |
| 落花生 | らっかせい | peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut | |
| 破落戸 | ごろつき | rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk | |
| 落ち延びる | おちのびる | to run away; to escape safely | |
| 落し物 | おとしもの | lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something | n2 |
| 洗い落とす | あらいおとす | to wash off; to wash out | |
| 生み落す | うみおとす | to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg) | |
| 色落ち | いろおち | colour loss (color) | |
| 低落 | ていらく | fall; decline; slump | |
| 攻め落す | せめおとす | to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce | |
| 産み落す | うみおとす | to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg) | |
| 難攻不落 | なんこうふらく | impregnable | |
| 零落れる | おちぶれる | to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty | |
| 書き落す | かきおとす | to forget to write; to leave out (by mistake); to omit | |
| 落魄れる | おちぶれる | to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty | |
| 落胤 | らくいん | nobleman's illegitimate child | |
| 落口 | おちぐち | crest (of a waterfall); mouth (of a sewer, etc.); outfall; spout (e.g. of a watering can) | |
| 力落し | ちからおとし | discouragement; disappointment; loss of energy; fatigue | |
| 駆け落ち | かけおち | elopement; running away with a lover | |
| 型落ち | かたおち | old model (of an appliance, device, etc.); becoming outdated (due to the release of a new model); drop (type of metal casting defect) | |
| 生まれ落ちる | うまれおちる | to be born | n1 |
| 落水 | らくすい | waterpower; running water; falling overboard; draining (of a rice paddy before harvest) | |
| 落第生 | らくだいせい | failed student; student required to repeat a year | |
| ふるい落す | ふるいおとす | to shake off | |
| 落とし物 | おとしもの | lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something | n2 |
| 落ちこぼれる | おちこぼれる | to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall | |
| 打落す | うちおとす | to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off | |
| 落し穴 | おとしあな | pitfall; trap; pit | n2 |
| 落陽 | らくよう | setting sun | n1 |
| 聞き落す | ききおとす | to fail to hear; to miss | |
| 落葉高木 | らくようこうぼく | deciduous tall tree | |
| 言い落す | いいおとす | to omit to say; to forget to mention; to leave unsaid | |
| 落ちこぼれ | おちこぼれ | fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder | n2 |
| 落選者 | らくせんしゃ | unsuccessful candidate; defeated candidate; losing candidate | |
| 打ち落とす | うちおとす | to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off | |
| 落石 | らくせき | falling rocks; fallen rocks | |
| 錯落 | さくらく | mixed; mingled | |
| 落盤 | らくばん | cave-in (in a mine or tunnel); roof collapse; rockfall | |
| 豪放磊落 | ごうほうらいらく | broadminded | |
| たたき落とす | たたきおとす | to knock down; to knock off | |
| 落手 | らくしゅ | receiving (e.g. a letter); coming to hand; acknowledging receipt; bad move | |
| 落し文 | おとしぶみ | letter dropped in the road; Japanese insect | |
| はげ落ちる | はげおちる | to peel off; to come off; to flake off | |
| 産み落とす | うみおとす | to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg) | |
| 落飾 | らくしょく | cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure | |
| 厄落し | やくおとし | escape from evil; exorcism | |
| 洒々落々 | しゃしゃらくらく | free and easy; frank; openhearted; relaxed | |
| 剃り落とす | そりおとす | to shave off (hair) | |
| 沈魚落雁 | ちんぎょらくがん | charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame | |
| ふるい落とす | ふるいおとす | to shake off | |
| 続落 | ぞくらく | continued fall (in market price) | |
| 落し入れる | おとしいれる | to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to throw (e.g. into turmoil); to trick (into doing) | |
| 落丁 | らくちょう | missing page | |
| 落籍 | らくせき | lack of registration (in the census register); being dropped from one's family registry; buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom | |
| 楽屋落ち | がくやおち | shoptalk; matters incomprehensible to outsiders; inside joke; private joke | |
| 泣き落し | なきおとし | persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story | |
| ガタ落ち | ガタおち | sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump | |
| 落延びる | おちのびる | to run away; to escape safely | |
| 攻め落とす | せめおとす | to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce | |
| 悪洒落 | わるじゃれ | offensive joke | |
| 落慶 | らっけい | celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction | |
| 落車 | らくしゃ | falling from bicycle, motorcycle, etc. while driving (esp. in a race) | |
| 自由落下 | じゆうらっか | free fall | |
| 落体 | らくたい | falling body | |
| 大暴落 | だいぼうらく | great crash; nosedive | |
| 落し胤 | おとしだね | illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman) | |
| 引き落とす | ひきおとす | to pull down; to debit (from a bank account); to pay by direct debit | n3 |
| 落しもの | おとしもの | lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something | n2 |
| 及落 | きゅうらく | success or failure (in examinations) | |
| 反落 | はんらく | reactionary fall (e.g. in stock prices) | |
| 落下音 | らっかおん | sound of something falling | |
| 落ち武者 | おちむしゃ | fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter | |
| 落葉低木 | らくようていぼく | deciduous shrub | |
| 落球 | らっきゅう | failing to catch a ball; dropping a ball; flubbing a catch | |
| 落雪 | らくせつ | snowslide; small avalanche | |
| 灰落し | はいおとし | ash tray; ash pit | |
| 撃ち落とす | うちおとす | to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off | |
| 削ぎ落す | そぎおとす | to chip off; to scrape off; to prune | n1 |
| 滑落 | かつらく | sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down | |
| 落潮 | らくちょう | low tide; decline | |
| がた落ち | ガタおち | sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump | |
| 口説き落とす | くどきおとす | to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over | |
| 当落 | とうらく | result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election); winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.) | |
| 秋落ち | あきおち | poor autumn rice harvest; depressed rice prices in autumn due to a good harvest; deterioration of sake quality through summer aging | |
| 落ち穂 | おちぼ | fallen ears (of grain); gleanings | |
| 駒落ち | こまおち | handicap | |
| 村落共同体 | そんらくきょうどうたい | village community | |
| 惨落 | さんらく | slump; sudden fall of market price | |
| 落梅 | らくばい | fallen ume blossoms; fallen ume fruit | |
| 落髪 | らくはつ | cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure | |
| らい落 | らいらく | open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things | |
| 落下物 | らっかぶつ | falling object; fallen object | |
| 転落死 | てんらくし | falling to one's death; death from a fall | |
| 落下傘兵 | らっかさんへい | paratrooper; parachutist | |
| 落筆 | らくひつ | initial brush stroke in calligraphy | |
| 落鮎 | おちあゆ | sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn) | |
| 落札者 | らくさつしゃ | tender winner; successful bidder; contract awardee | |
| 欠け落ち | かけおち | self-exile; going into hiding | |
| 落とし主 | おとしぬし | owner of a lost article; person who has lost an article; person who has dropped something | |
| 落語研究会 | らくごけんきゅうかい | rakugo research society; rakugo research club | |
| 被差別部落 | ひさべつぶらく | burakumin area | |
| ひと段落 | いちだんらく | reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work) | n2 |
| 落果 | らっか | falling of fruit; fallen fruit | n1 |
| 騰落 | とうらく | rise and fall; fluctuations; ups and downs | |
| 沼落ち | ぬまおち | becoming obsessed with (a TV series, celebrity, interest, etc.); becoming addicted to; getting hooked on | |
| 落し紙 | おとしがみ | toilet paper | |
| 落行く | おちゆく | to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world | |
| 部落民 | ぶらくみん | burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group) | |
| 墜落事故 | ついらくじこ | plane crash | |
| 洒落臭い | しゃらくさい | impertinent; impudent; cheeky | |
| 篩い落す | ふるいおとす | to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates) | |
| 落とし前 | おとしまえ | settlement (of a dispute); making amends; settling a score; money paid to settle a dispute | |
| 書き落とす | かきおとす | to forget to write; to leave out (by mistake); to omit | |
| 激落ちくん | げきおちくん | Gekiochi-kun (melamine foam sponge sold by LEC) | |
| 追い落とす | おいおとす | to oust; to dethrone; to displace (from a position of power); to drive down (e.g. into a valley) | |
| こけら落とし | こけらおとし | opening of a new theater (theatre) | |
| 落る | おちる | to fall; to drop; to come down; to crash | n4 |
| 落後 | らくご | straggling; falling behind; being left behind; dropping out | n2 |
| 剝落 | はくらく | peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation | |
| 落木 | らくぼく | tree that has dropped its leaves; bare tree | |
| 腹落ち | はらおち | being satisfied; being convinced; understanding | |
| 落し蓋 | おとしぶた | lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering | |
| 鼠落し | ねずみおとし | rattrap | |
| 落とし話 | おとしばなし | rakugo | |
| 飛花落葉 | ひからくよう | scattering of the blossoms and falling of the leaves; the impermanence of worldly things | |
| 落研 | おちけん | rakugo research society; rakugo research club | |
| 落磐 | らくばん | cave-in (in a mine or tunnel); roof collapse; rockfall | |
| 落脱 | らくだつ | dropping out; falling behind; falling by the wayside; desertion | |
| 邑落 | ゆうらく | hamlet | |
| 中落ち | なかおち | left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef | |
| 洒落者 | しゃれもの | dandy; fop | |
| 落し噺 | おとしばなし | rakugo | |
| 雨落ち | あまおち | place where raindrops fall from the eaves | |
| 厄落とし | やくおとし | escape from evil; exorcism | |
| 段落記号 | だんらくきごう | pilcrow; paragraph mark; paragraph sign | |
| お洒落さん | おしゃれさん | fashionable person | |
| かき落とす | かきおとす | to scrape off; to scrape away; to chop off (someone's head) | |
| 落としぶた | おとしぶた | lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering | |
| 落としどころ | おとしどころ | point of compromise; common ground | n1 |
| 落掌 | らくしょう | receive | |
| 谷落 | たにおとし | tani otoshi (judo); valley drop throw | |
| 隅落 | すみおとし | sumiotoshi (judo); corner drop | |
| 脱落者 | だつらくしゃ | dropout; quitter; deserter | |
| 落付き | おちつき | calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability | |
| 鯖落ち | サバおち | server outage (e.g. in an online game) | |
| 一件落着 | いっけんらくちゃく | an issue being settled; a case being closed | |
| 落し掛け | おとしがけ | lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room; cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom; metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi | |
| 落し込む | おとしこむ | to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice | |
| 落ち付き | おちつき | calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability | |
| 落とし噺 | おとしばなし | rakugo | |
| 落人伝説 | おちゅうどでんせつ | legend concerning a fugitive clan | |
| 落花流水 | らっかりゅうすい | mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned | |
| 部落問題 | ぶらくもんだい | issue of social integration of burakumin; burakumin issue; buraku issue | |
| こけら落し | こけらおとし | opening of a new theater (theatre) | |
| 落としこむ | おとしこむ | to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice | |
| 落とし掛け | おとしがけ | lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room; cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom; metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi | |
| 責め落とす | せめおとす | to press (someone to do something); to make confess | |
| 落葉広葉樹林 | らくようこうようじゅりん | deciduous broad-leaved forest | |
| 被差別部落民 | ひさべつぶらくみん | burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group) | |
| 切落とす | きりおとす | to cut off; to lop off; to prune | n1 |
| 落とし所 | おとしどころ | point of compromise; common ground | n1 |
| 不落 | ふらく | impregnable | |
| 漸落 | ぜんらく | gradual decline | |
| 落地 | らくち | falling to the ground | |
| 落字 | らくじ | omitted character; omitted letter | |
| 虎落 | もがり | bamboo fence (oft. a diagonally linked one); undebranched bamboo used as a drying frame | |
| 付落ち | つけおち | omission in a bill | |
| 射落す | いおとす | to shoot down; to win (a position, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get | |
| 欠落ち | かけおち | self-exile; going into hiding | |
| 花落ち | はなおち | the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped | |
| 落し前 | おとしまえ | settlement (of a dispute); making amends; settling a score; money paid to settle a dispute | |
| 落ち口 | おちぐち | crest (of a waterfall); mouth (of a sewer, etc.); outfall; spout (e.g. of a watering can) | |
| 落ばん | らくばん | cave-in (in a mine or tunnel); roof collapse; rockfall | |
| 落伍者 | らくごしゃ | dropout; straggler; outcast; failure | |
| 落成式 | らくせいしき | ceremony to celebrate the completion of a building; inauguration ceremony | |
| 落第点 | らくだいてん | failing mark; failing grade | |
| 落葉性 | らくようせい | deciduous (e.g. tree) | |
| 角落ち | かくおち | game of shogi in which the stronger player plays without the bishop | |
| 言落す | いいおとす | to omit to say; to forget to mention; to leave unsaid | |
| 追落す | おいおとす | to oust; to dethrone; to displace (from a position of power); to drive down (e.g. into a valley) | |
| 闇落ち | やみおち | joining the dark side; joining the forces of evil | |
| 付け落ち | つけおち | omission in a bill | |
| 孤城落日 | こじょうらくじつ | feeling (looking) lone and helpless; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances | |
| 植物群落 | しょくぶつぐんらく | plant community | |
| 権利落ち | けんりおち | ex-rights | |
| 無間奈落 | むげんならく | Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells) | |
| 特殊部落 | とくしゅぶらく | burakumin area | |
| 競り落す | せりおとす | to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction; to outbid (someone); to knock down (at an auction) | |
| 落しだね | おとしだね | illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman) | |
| 落とし子 | おとしご | nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath | |
| 落書き帳 | らくがきちょう | sketchbook; scribble pad | |
| 落花生油 | らっかせいゆ | peanut oil | |
| 金輪奈落 | こんりんならく | utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt | |
| 竜の落し子 | タツノオトシゴ | seahorse; sea horse | |
| 龍の落し子 | タツノオトシゴ | seahorse; sea horse | |
| 掛落 | から | Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya); ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat; netsuke; item attached to a netsuke | n5 |
| 瓦落 | がら | sudden fall in stock prices; stock market crash | n3 |
| 引落す | ひきおとす | to pull down; to debit (from a bank account); to pay by direct debit | n3 |
| 御洒落 | おしゃれ | stylish; fashionable; trendy; chic | n3 |
| 落付く | おちつく | to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax | n3 |
| 落着く | おちつく | to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax | n3 |
| 引き落す | ひきおとす | to pull down; to debit (from a bank account); to pay by direct debit | n3 |
| 引落とす | ひきおとす | to pull down; to debit (from a bank account); to pay by direct debit | n3 |
| 落ち付く | おちつく | to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to relax | n3 |
| 落込む | おちこむ | to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits | n2 |
| 落ち零れ | おちこぼれ | fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder | n2 |
| 落としもの | おとしもの | lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something | n2 |
| 黄落 | こうらく | falling of the yellow leaves and nuts (in autumn) | n1 |
| 切落す | きりおとす | to cut off; to lop off; to prune | n1 |
| 落し所 | おとしどころ | point of compromise; common ground | n1 |
| そぎ落す | そぎおとす | to chip off; to scrape off; to prune | n1 |
| 舞落ちる | まいおちる | to flutter down | n1 |
| 落ち入る | おちいる | to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall | n1 |
| そぎ落とす | そぎおとす | to chip off; to scrape off; to prune | n1 |
| 削ぎ落とす | そぎおとす | to chip off; to scrape off; to prune | n1 |
| 殺ぎ落とす | そぎおとす | to chip off; to scrape off; to prune | n1 |
| 舞い落ちる | まいおちる | to flutter down | n1 |
| 落しどころ | おとしどころ | point of compromise; common ground | n1 |
| 付落 | つけおち | omission in a bill | |
| 平落 | ひらおち | pancake (landing) | |
| 引落 | ひきおとし | debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down | |
| 捺落 | ならく | Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom | |
| 栄落 | えいらく | flourishing and declining | |
| 灑落 | しゃらく | free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy | |
| 競落 | きょうらく | acquisition at an auction | |
| 耳落 | みみおち | removing edges; cutting edges | |
| 落剝 | らくはく | peeling off; coming off | |
| 落剥 | らくはく | peeling off; coming off | |
| 落勢 | らくせい | bearish market; declining market | |
| 落堕 | らくだ | marrying (of a monk); returning to secular life (of a monk) | |
| 落屑 | らくせつ | desquamation; skin peeling | |
| 落帯 | らくたい | skin stretched on the sides of a biwa | |
| 落想 | らくそう | coming up with an idea; idea | |
| 落月 | らくげつ | setting moon; moon setting in the West | |
| 落橋 | らっきょう | bridge collapse | |
| 落沙 | らくしゃ | lakh; 100,000 (Indian numbering system) | |
| 落照 | らくしょう | light of the evening sun; setting sun | |
| 落綿 | らくめん | cotton waste | |
| 落鉄 | らくてつ | horseshoe coming off; throwing a shoe | |
| 落錘 | らくすい | falling weight; drop-weight (e.g. test, impact strength) | |
| 落鍾 | らくすい | falling weight; drop-weight (e.g. test, impact strength) | |
| 落魚 | おちうお | fish going downstream (to spawn); dead fish; fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold) | |
| 落鰻 | おちうなぎ | eel going downstream to spawn | |
| 見落 | みおとし | oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed | |
| 那落 | ならく | Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom | |
| 齣落 | こまおとし | undercranking; fast motion | |
| 体落し | たいおとし | body drop (judo); body throw | |
| 出落ち | でオチ | getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.) | |
| 切落し | きりおとし | leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping | |
| 利落ち | りおち | ex-interest | |
| 墜落死 | ついらくし | death by falling | |
| 夢落ち | ゆめオチ | "it was all a dream"-ending | |
| 奈落迦 | ならく | Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom | |
| 寝落ち | ねおち | dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep | |
| 年落ち | ねんおち | years since produced (of cars) | |
| 心落ち | こころおち | being discouraged | |
| 捺落迦 | ならく | Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom | |
| 掻落す | かきおとす | to scrape off; to scrape away; to chop off (someone's head) | |
| 撃落す | うちおとす | to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off | |
| 杮落し | こけらおとし | opening of a new theater (theatre) | |
| 柿落し | こけらおとし | opening of a new theater (theatre) | |
| 柿落葉 | かきおちば | fallen red persimmon leaves | |
| 格落ち | かくおち | drop in status; reduction in status | |
| 桁落ち | けたおち | cancellation of significant digits | |
| 欠落感 | けつらくかん | feeling that something is missing; sense that something is incomplete | |
| 水落ち | みずおち | place where water falls | |
| 泣落し | なきおとし | persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story | |
| 泣落す | なきおとす | to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way | |
| 洒落た | しゃれた | stylish; smart; tasteful; fashionable | |
| 火落ち | ひおち | sake spoilage caused by bacteria | |
| 為落し | しおとし | omission; oversight | |
| 為落す | しおとす | to fail to do; to make light of; to neglect | |
| 為落ち | しおち | omission; oversight | |
| 焚落し | たきおとし | embers; charred firewood | |
| 特落ち | とくおち | missing out on a scoop that other newspapers reported | |
| 瓦落多 | ガラクタ | junk; rubbish; trash; garbage | |
| 突落す | つきおとす | to thrust down; to push off | |
| 肌落ち | はだおち | loose rockfall | |
| 落し主 | おとしぬし | owner of a lost article; person who has lost an article; person who has dropped something | |
| 落し卵 | おとしたまご | poached egg | |
| 落し子 | おとしご | nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath | |
| 落し戸 | おとしと | trapdoor; flap door | |
| 落し話 | おとしばなし | rakugo | |
| 落ち札 | おちふだ | prize-winning ticket; winning lottery ticket | |
| 落ち研 | おちけん | rakugo research society; rakugo research club | |
| 落ち魚 | おちうお | fish going downstream (to spawn); dead fish; fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold) | |
| 落ち鮎 | おちあゆ | sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn) | |
| 落ち鰻 | おちうなぎ | eel going downstream to spawn | |
| 落った | おった | fell; dropped | |
| 落丁本 | らくちょうぼん | book with missing pages | |
| 落下点 | らっかてん | point of fall | |
| 落後者 | らくごしゃ | dropout; straggler; outcast; failure | |
| 落成祝 | らくせいいわい | celebration for the completion of a project | |
| 落書帳 | らくがきちょう | sketchbook; scribble pad | |
| 落札値 | らくさつね | contract price | |
| 落羽松 | ラクウショウ | bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) | |
| 落葉剤 | らくようざい | defoliant | |
| 落葉状 | らくようじょう | foliaceous; foliaceus | |
| 落込み | おちこみ | decline; downturn; drop; fall | |
| 虎落笛 | もがりぶえ | winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence | |
| 見落し | みおとし | oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed | |
| 谷落し | たにおとし | tani otoshi (judo); valley drop throw | |
| 踵落し | かかとおとし | axe kick; ax kick | |
| 追落し | おいおとし | chasing down; pushing down; deposing; ousting | |
| 那落迦 | ならく | Naraka; Hell; Hades; very bottom | |
| 雨落石 | あまおちいし | dripstone | |
| 飯落ち | めしおち | dropping off-line to eat | |
| 駄酒落 | だじゃれ | feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun | |
| 駆落ち | かけおち | elopement; running away with a lover | |
| 齣落し | こまおとし | undercranking; fast motion | |
| かき落す | かきおとす | to scrape off; to scrape away; to chop off (someone's head) | |
| かけ落ち | かけおち | elopement; running away with a lover | |
| かご落ち | かごおち | cart abandonment; leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart | |
| がら落ち | がらおち | sudden fall in stock prices; stock market crash | |
| け落とす | けおとす | to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead | |
| カゴ落ち | かごおち | cart abandonment; leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart | |
| キレ落ち | キレおち | ragequit; quitting an online game in anger (over losing) | |
| コマ落し | こまおとし | undercranking; fast motion | |
| サバ落ち | サバおち | server outage (e.g. in an online game) | |
| 一枚落ち | いちまいおち | playing with a handicap of one rook or bishop | |
| 一栄一落 | いちえいいちらく | rise and fall | |
| 三段落ち | さんだんおち | three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) | |
| 二枚落ち | にまいおち | game of shogi in which the stronger player plays without a rook and a bishop | |
| 付落とし | つけおとし | omission in a bill | |
| 体落とし | たいおとし | body drop (judo); body throw | |
| 切り落し | きりおとし | leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping | |
| 切落とし | きりおとし | leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping | |
| 刮げ落す | こそげおとす | to scrape off; to shave off; to rub off | |
| 削り落す | けずりおとす | to scrape off; to plane off | |
| 取落とす | とりおとす | to drop; to let fall; to omit | |
| 叩き落す | たたきおとす | to knock down; to knock off | |
| 吊り落し | つりおとし | lifting body slam | |
| 四当五落 | よんとうごらく | sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams) | |
| 堕落坊主 | だらくぼうず | apostate priest | |
| 堕落腐敗 | だらくふはい | debasement; corruption; degradation | |
| 墜落場所 | ついらくばしょ | crash site (esp. aircraft) | |
| 大関陥落 | おおぜきかんらく | demotion from ōzeki ranking | |
| 失望落胆 | しつぼうらくたん | being disappointed and disheartened | |
| 奈落の底 | ならくのそこ | depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation | |
| 孤城落月 | こじょうらくげつ | feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances | |
| 射落とす | いおとす | to shoot down; to win (a position, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get | |
| 小洒落た | こじゃれた | a little stylish; chic; trendy | |
| 小洒落る | こじゃれる | to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic | |
| 巻き落し | まきおとし | twist down | |
| 引き落し | ひきおとし | debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down | |
| 引落とし | ひきおとし | debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down | |
| 弧城落月 | こじょうらくげつ | feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances | |
| 形式段落 | けいしきだんらく | formal paragraph (in opposition to a logical paragraph); paragraph as defined by its formal elements (e.g. line break and initial indentation) | |
| 意味段落 | いみだんらく | logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph); segment of text expressing a single meaning | |
| 拭き落す | ふきおとす | to wipe off (e.g. dirt); to rub out | |
| 振り落す | ふりおとす | to shake off; to throw off | |
| 捲き落し | まきおとし | twist down | |
| 掻き落す | かきおとす | to scrape off; to scrape away; to chop off (someone's head) | |
| 搔き落す | かきおとす | to scrape off; to scrape away; to chop off (someone's head) | |
| 撃ち落す | うちおとす | to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off | |
| 文字落ち | もじおち | missing character | |
| 書落とす | かきおとす | to forget to write; to leave out (by mistake); to omit | |
| 杮落とし | こけらおとし | opening of a new theater (theatre) | |
| 柿落とし | こけらおとし | opening of a new theater (theatre) | |
| 欠落検査 | けつらくけんさ | completeness check | |
| 水落とし | みずおとし | draining water from pipes (for the winter) | |
| 泣き落す | なきおとす | to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way | |
| 泣落とし | なきおとし | persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story | |
| 泣落とす | なきおとす | to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way | |
| 泥落とし | どろおとし | mud scraper; doormat | |
| 洒洒落落 | しゃしゃらくらく | free and easy; frank; openhearted; relaxed | |
| 洒落こむ | しゃれこむ | to get dressed up; to treat oneself | |
| 洒落っけ | しゃれっけ | fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour | |
| 洒落っ気 | しゃれっけ | fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour | |
| 洒落込む | しゃれこむ | to get dressed up; to treat oneself | |
| 洗い落す | あらいおとす | to wash off; to wash out | |
| 漸落市況 | ぜんらくしきょう | sagging market | |
| 激落ち君 | げきおちくん | Gekiochi-kun (melamine foam sponge sold by LEC) | |