暴落|ぼうらくbouraku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbslump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
    The U.S. economy shrugged off the '87 Crash.
Conjugation
Dictionary form暴落する(ぼうらくする)
Polite (masu)暴落します(ぼうらくします)
Negative (nai)暴落しない(ぼうらくしない)
polite (masen)暴落しません(ぼうらくしません)
classical zu / nu暴落せず・暴落せぬ(ぼうらくせず・ぼうらくせぬ)
Past (ta)暴落した(ぼうらくした)
polite (mashita)暴落しました(ぼうらくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)暴落しなかった(ぼうらくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)暴落しませんでした(ぼうらくしませんでした)
Te form暴落して(ぼうらくして)
Potential暴落できる(ぼうらくできる)
Passive暴落される(ぼうらくされる)
Causative暴落させる(ぼうらくさせる)
Causative passive暴落させられる(ぼうらくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)暴落すれば(ぼうらくすれば)
tara暴落したら(ぼうらくしたら)
Volitional暴落しよう(ぼうらくしよう)
polite (mashou)暴落しましょう(ぼうらくしましょう)
Imperative暴落しろ(ぼうらくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym急落きゅうらくWrittenWritten/formal prose for a sudden fall in market quotes, stressing how fast it happens; 「暴落」emphasizes the sheer size of the drop.
  • Related急降下きゅうこうかNeutralA nosedive by a flying object or a sharp drop in figures, as in 「人気が急降下」; 「暴落」is for market prices and quotes.
  • Related惨落さんらくWrittenWritten/formal prose for a disastrous fall, chiefly of stock prices, stressing how severe the drop is; 「暴落」is for sharp, steep falls in prices and market quotes.
  • Antonym暴騰ぼうとうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a sharp, steep rise in prices; the rise-and-fall opposite of 「暴落」.
  • Antonym高騰こうとうWrittenWritten/formal prose for prices soaring, as in 「地価高騰」; the rise-and-fall opposite of 「暴落」.

Use 「暴落」for a sharp, steep fall in prices or the market, as in 「株価暴落」. For a sudden fall stressing speed, use 「急落」; for a devastating stock-price fall, 「惨落」; for nosedives or drops in figures, 「急降下」. 「暴騰」and 「高騰」are the opposites, for sharp rises.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 物価ぶっかなどが急きゅうに、かつ、大幅おおはばに下落げらくすること。
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