- On
- らく
- Kun
- お.ちる;お.ち;お.とす
- Stroke count
- 12
・fall
・drop
・come down
・village
・hamlet
Japanese dictionary
おとす
to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
Example sentence
I must have lost my key along the way.
Kanji details
・fall
・drop
・come down
・village
・hamlet
Explore more
おとす
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
おとす
to lose (a match);to reject (an applicant);to fail (a course);to defeat (in an election)
おとす
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
おとす
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
おとす
to download;to copy from a computer to another medium
おとす
to make someone swoon (judo)
おとす
to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
おとす
to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
おとす
to win over;to seduce;to conquer (unwillingness)