► 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:
- 奈落の底に落ちやがれ！ (ならくのそこ) ⇨ Fall to the bottom of hell! Go to hell!
- 車は落ちてきた岩に潰された ⇨ The car was crushed by a falling boulder
- 売上げが大幅に落ち込んだ ⇨ The sales have dropped significantly
- 彼は橋から真っ逆様に落ちた ⇨ He fell from the bridge head first
- 蛇口から水がぼたばた落ちている ⇨ Water is dripping down the faucet in large drops
- ピアノをしばらく弾いていなかったら腕が落ちた ⇨ I didn’t play the piano for a while, and my skills deteriorated
- 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
- 彼は四階から落ちた子供を抱き止めた ⇨ He caught a children in his arms who fell from the fourth floor
- 彼は階段を転げ落ちた ⇨ He tumbled down the stairs
- 私達は渋谷駅で落ち合うことにした ⇨ We arranged to meet at Shibuya station
- この木は秋に葉が落ちる ⇨ This tree drops leaves in fall
- あの女優は相当落ち目になった ⇨ The actress has lost popularity considerably
- 靴下がずり落ちる ⇨ A sock falls down, won’t stay up
- 木の葉が舞い落ちてきた ⇨ Leaves swirling down from the above
- 彼は失敗してひどく気落ちしている ⇨ He is really dejected by the failure