► 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:
- 早めに使わないと風味が落ちる ⇨ The flavor will diminish if you don’t use sooner
- 橋が落ちた時に幸運にも誰も通っていなかった ⇨ Fortunately nobody was passing the bridge when it fell
- 彼は三階から落ちたが軽傷を負っただけだった ⇨ He fell from the third floor but suffered only minor injuries
- 彼の人気はがたっと落ちた ⇨ His popularity fell suddenly and drastically
- 毎日走っていたら贅肉が落ちた ⇨ I’ve been running everyday and my body fat has come off
- 彼は落ちこぼれの烙印を押された ⇨ He was branded as a loser
- 彼は学校で落ちこぼれだった ⇨ He was a failed student at school
- 木の葉が舞い落ちてきた ⇨ Leaves swirling down from the above
- 彼は床に落ちた紙を拾った ⇨ He picked up the paper fell on the floor
- その製品の売上ががくんと落ちた ⇨ The sales of the product suddenly plummeted
- 机の端から本が落ちた ⇨ A book fell from the edge of a desk
- 彼に落ち度は無い ⇨ He is not at fault. He didn’t do anything wrong
- 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
- どんなに洗っても汚れが落ちない ⇨ No matter how I wash it, the stain won’t come off
- 彼は振られて落ち込んだ ⇨ He got dumped and depressed