転落・顛落|てんらくtenraku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Which spelling to use
転落Use 転落 as the default written form; it is the most common form and is recommended for beginners.
顛落顛落 is a rarely used kanji-only variant of 転落; beginners should normally write 転落 instead.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfall; tumble; spill; plunge; dive
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent; degradation; comedown; demotion
    阪神はんしん三みっ日か天下てんか。あっと言いう間まに首位しゅいから転落てんらくしちゃったよ。↗
    Hanshin's moment of glory didn't last. They fell out of first place in a hurry.
Conjugation
Dictionary form転落する(てんらくする)
Polite (masu)転落します(てんらくします)
Negative (nai)転落しない(てんらくしない)
polite (masen)転落しません(てんらくしません)
classical zu / nu転落せず・転落せぬ(てんらくせず・てんらくせぬ)
Past (ta)転落した(てんらくした)
polite (mashita)転落しました(てんらくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)転落しなかった(てんらくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)転落しませんでした(てんらくしませんでした)
Te form転落して(てんらくして)
Potential転落できる(てんらくできる)
Passive転落される(てんらくされる)
Causative転落させる(てんらくさせる)
Causative passive転落させられる(てんらくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)転落すれば(てんらくすれば)
tara転落したら(てんらくしたら)
Volitional転落しよう(てんらくしよう)
polite (mashou)転落しましょう(てんらくしましょう)
Imperative転落しろ(てんらくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym墜落ついらくNeutralFalls from a height, covering plane crashes and people plunging down, as in 「墜落事故」; 「転落」 stresses rolling down or a fall in status.
  • Synonym落下らっかNeutralThe falling of objects, a purely physical drop; 「転落」 centers on people tumbling down or a slide in status.
  • Synonym落ちるおちるNeutralTo fall or drop, the most versatile everyday verb; 「転落」 stresses tumbling down or a slide in rank.
  • Related堕落だらくNeutralA noun for moral corruption and degeneracy; 「転落」 stresses a drop in status or rank.
  • Related堕ちるおちるNeutralMoral decline or degradation, sinking into ruin; 「転落」 can also describe a physical fall.
  • Antonym上昇じょうしょうNeutralRising or climbing up, the opposite of the falls and declines described by 「転落」.
  • Antonym浮上ふじょうNeutralSurfacing from water or recovering in the rankings, the opposite of 「転落」's plunge.
  • Antonym登攀とうはんWrittenA word of written, formal prose for climbing or scaling heights; the opposite of 「転落」's falling.

Use 「転落」 for plunging from a height or a sharp slide in status or rank, as in 「転落事故」 and 「最下位に転落」. For a plane crash say 「墜落」; for objects falling say 「落下」; for moral degradation say 「堕落」; for rising say 「上昇」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 高たかいところから低ひくいところへ転がり落ころがりおちること。
  2. 順調じゅんちょうな人生じんせいから犯罪はんざいや不祥事ふしょうじなどで落おちぶれること。
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