► 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:
- 彼は失敗してひどく気落ちしている ⇨ He is really dejected by the failure
- 頭の上に石ころがバラバラと落ちてきた ⇨ Small rocks rained down over my head
- 床に血が点々と落ちていた ⇨ Drops of blood were on the floor
- 彼は最近落ち込みが激しいようだ ⇨ It looks like he’s been really depressed lately
- 彼等は人目を忍んで落ち合った ⇨ They met hiding from, avoiding, the eyes of others
- うちの猫が三階から落ちたが全然平気だった ⇨ My cat fell from the third floor but was perfectly fine
- 彼の権威は地に落ちた ⇨ His authority fell to the ground, hit rock bottom
- 落ち着いて考えよう ⇨ Let’s think calmly and rationally
- くしゃみをした拍子にコンタクトが落ちてしまった ⇨ My contact lens fell off when I sneezed
- スキャンダルで政治家の名声は崩れ落ちた ⇨ The reputation of the politician collapsed by the scandal
- 雪の坂道を車がずるずると滑り落ちた ⇨ A car slowly slid down a snowy slope
- 巨人は首位の座から転げ落ちた ⇨ The Giants tumbled down from the top spot
- 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
- 彼は落ち着きが足りない ⇨ He lacks composure
- 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