How to say "drop" in Japanese

• 落ちるおちるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbThe intransitive verb: something falls or drops on its own, coming down. It can also mean to crash. For the act of dropping something, the transitive verb is used instead.
  おじいちゃんが階段かいだんから落おちて大だい怪我けがをしたんだ。↗

  Grandpa fell down the stairs and got a serious injury.
• 落とすおとすJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe transitive counterpart: a person drops something, lets it fall, or loses it; it also covers shedding light. Use this when someone causes the drop rather than the thing falling on its own.
  彼かれは花瓶かびんを落おとした。↗

  He dropped a vase.
• ドロップCommon
  nounA loanword noun for the candy: it refers only to the sweet, never to the act of dropping or falling, so it is seldom the word you want for the verb 'drop'.
  せき止どめのドロップはありますか。↗

  Do you have cough drops?
• ダウンJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbA loanword covering a fall, decrease, or drop: something going down in level or amount. It names the downward change or state rather than the act of dropping an object.
• 手放すてばなすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbHere 'drop' means letting go: releasing something you have been holding, or giving up something you keep. It does not describe an object physically falling, so it is not the word for that sense.

Use 「落ちる」 for something falling on its own, 「落とす」 for making something fall, 「ドロップ」 for the candy, 「ダウン」 for a decrease or going down, and 「手放す」 for letting go of something.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 落ちるおちるto fall
• 落とすおとすto drop
• ドロップdrop (candy)
• ダウンfall
• 手放すてばなすto let go of
• 粒つぶgrain
• 落下らっかfall
• 降下こうかdescent
• こぼすto spill
• 下降かこうdescent
• 落差らくさdifference in elevation (between two points in a body of water)
• 滴しずくdrop (e.g. of water)
• さがるto come down
• 下ろすおろすto take down
• よすto stop (doing)
• ドリップdrip
• 落っこちるおっこちるto fall
• 落っことすおっことすto drop
• 取り落とすとりおとすto drop
• 点ずるてんずるto drop
• 点じるてんじるto drop
• 滴るしたたるto drip
• 落ち込みおちこみdecline
• 下押ししたおしfall
• 産み落とすうみおとすto give birth to
• 滴下てきかdrip
• 一水いっすいcurrent (of water)
• 滴らすしたたらすto dribble
• 滴りしたたりdripping
• 垂らしたらしdripping
• 落っこるおっこるto fall
• ひり出すひりだすto forcefully excrete
• 外すはずすto drop (e.g. from a team)
• 玉たまbead (of sweat, dew, etc.)
• 切り捨てるきりすてるto discard (numbers after a certain decimal place)
• 飛ばすとばすto skip over
• 垂れるたれるto drip
• 放り出すほうりだすto drop
• 型落ちかたおちdrop (type of metal casting defect)
• 落ちこぼれるおちこぼれるto drop
• 下火になるしたびになるto decline
• 打つうつto drop (a piece)