► 名詞
落ち [(2)おち] meaning: joke rank: 3
☆ 落ちの無い冗談 ⇨ A joke without a punchline (☛ The punchline, denouement, of a joke)
落ち [(2)おち] [coll] meaning: result rank: 3
☆ 彼に頼んでも断られるのが落ちだ ⇨ We all know he will say no even if we ask him (☛ An easily expected bad result)
More examples:
- 運動をサボっていたら筋肉が落ちた ⇨ I wasn’t working out and I lost some muscles
- 彼は最近落ち込みが激しいようだ ⇨ It looks like he’s been really depressed lately
- 彼は落ち着きが足りない ⇨ He lacks composure
- 山の斜面から岩が崩れ落ちた ⇨ Rocks slid off from the mountain slope
- 彼は階段を転げ落ちた ⇨ He tumbled down the stairs
- 彼は運転免許試験に二回続けて落ちた ⇨ He failed the driving license exam twice in a row
- 安く上げようとして質が落ちたら元も子もない ⇨ It will ruin everything if you try to reduce the cost and then the quality goes down
- 続編は本編に比べて大分落ちる ⇨ The sequel is not nearly as good as the original
- 費用は折半することで落ち着いた ⇨ We settled, agreed, to share the cost fifty-fifty
- 木の葉が舞い落ちてきた ⇨ Leaves swirling down from the above
- 車のタイヤが溝に落ちた ⇨ A tire of the car fell into a ditch
- 一ヶ月前に引っ越して未だ落ち着かない ⇨ I moved about a month ago, and still haven’t settled down
- あの女優は相当落ち目になった ⇨ The actress has lost popularity considerably
- 落ち着け！ ⇨ Calm down!
- 彼は橋から真っ逆様に落ちた ⇨ He fell from the bridge head first