How to say "fall" in Japanese

• 落ちるおちるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbCovers something physically falling or dropping from a higher position — a leaf, a glass, one's keys onto the floor — as well as prices or grades coming down.
  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.
• 降るふるJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbFalls of rain, snow, ash, and the like from the sky. It is not used for objects dropping — for a glass or a leaf, 落ちる is the verb.
  シカゴのあたりでは雨あめが降ふっていました。↗

  It was raining around Chicago.
• ダウンJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbA loanword for a fall or drop, typically in figures, scores, or a machine or system that has gone down. For something physically falling, it is seldom the word you want — that is 落ちる.
• 倒れるたおれるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbCovers falling over or down and collapsing: a person toppling, a tree or building coming down, a company or government collapsing. The image is of something upright giving way, rather than simply dropping.
  彼かれは横よこにばったり倒たおれた。↗

  He fell flat on the floor.
• 低下ていかJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA noun for a fall, decline, or deterioration in level, quality, or condition, as with grades, efficiency, or health. It names the decline itself rather than the act of something falling.
  たしかに出生率しゅっしょうりつの低下ていかで子供こどもの数かずが減へり、学校がっこうでも生徒せいとの数かずが少すくなくなっているのは事実じじつですが、しかし、これはまったくもってけっこうなことです。↗

  It's true that there are fewer children due to the falling birthrate, and there are fewer children in the school, but that is all to the good.

「落ちる」 for things dropping from a height, 「降る」 for rain or snow, 「倒れる」 for falling over or collapsing, 「ダウン」 as a loanword for drops in figures or systems, 低下 as a noun for declines in level or quality.

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

• 落ちるおちるto fall
• 降るふるto fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.)
• ダウンfall
• 倒れるたおれるto fall (over, down)
• 低下ていかfall
• さがるto come down
• 下落げらくdepreciation
• 秋あきautumn
• 落下らっかfall
• 散るちるto fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)
• 転倒てんとうfall
• フォールfall (esp. in wrestling)
• さがりfall
• 墜落ついらくfall
• 転落てんらくfall
• 降下こうかdescent
• 破滅はめつruin
• 滅びるほろびるto go to ruin
• 下降かこうdescent
• 低減ていげんdecrease
• 減収げんしゅうfall
• 低落ていらくfall
• 没落ぼつらくruin
• 失墜しっついabasement
• 減りへりdecrease
• 失脚しっきゃくlosing one's position
• 落っこちるおっこちるto fall
• 降りかかるふりかかるto fall (on)
• こけるto fall over
• 滅ぶほろぶto go to ruin
• 下押ししたおしfall
• 落っこるおっこるto fall
• 凋落ちょうらくdecline
• 失陥しっかんsurrender
• 付け髷つけまげhairpiece
• 草枯れくさがれautumn
• 落ち込みおちこみdecline
• 陥落かんらくfall (of a city, fortress, etc.)
• よろめくto have an affair (with)
• 桜散るさくらちるto fall (of cherry blossom petals)
• 落ちこぼれるおちこぼれるto drop
• 秋日しゅうじつautumn
• 堕ちるおちるto be ruined
• 注ぐそそぐto fall (of rain, snow)
• 陥るおちいるto fall
• ぶつかるto clash (of events)