陥る・落ち入る|おちいるochiiru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
陥る陥る（おちいる） is the most common written form and the one learners should normally choose for senses such as falling into a hole or falling into chaos, depression, a dilemma, or illness.
落ち入る落ち入る（おちいる） is a rarely used variant of 陥る（おちいる）; learners will seldom need to choose it.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto fall into (e.g. a hole)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto fall into (a trap, etc.)
- godan verb, intransitive verbto fall; to surrender; to capitulate
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 陥る（おちいる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 陥ります（おちいります） |
| Negative (nai) | 陥らない（おちいらない） |
| polite (masen) | 陥りません（おちいりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 陥らず・陥らぬ（おちいらず・おちいらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 陥った（おちいった） |
| polite (mashita) | 陥りました（おちいりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 陥らなかった（おちいらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 陥りませんでした（おちいりませんでした） |
| Te form | 陥って（おちいって） |
| Potential | 陥れる（おちいれる） |
| Passive | 陥られる（おちいられる） |
| Causative | 陥らせる（おちいらせる） |
| Causative passive | 陥らせられる・陥らされる（おちいらせられる・おちいらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 陥れば（おちいれば） |
| tara | 陥ったら（おちいったら） |
| Volitional | 陥ろう（おちいろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 陥りましょう（おちいりましょう） |
| Imperative | 陥れ（おちいれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym落ちるおちるNeutralCovers any fall or drop from high to low, and is the broadest in use. 「陥る」 is limited to falling into a hole or into a bad state like a predicament.
- Related落ち込むおちこむNeutralMostly feeling down or a slump in business or the economy; can mean falling into a hole. 「陥る」 is for entering a bad state like a crisis or confusion, or for falling in.
- Antonym脱するだっするWrittenWritten/formal prose: to escape from a predicament or crisis, as in 「危機を脱する」. The opposite of 「陥る」, which is about falling into a bad state.
- Antonym浮上するNeutralTo surface from water; figuratively, for a ranking or situation recovering. The opposite of 「陥る」, which suggests sinking or falling into something.
Use 「陥る」 for falling into a crisis, confusion, or a predicament, as in 「ピンチに陥る」. For feeling down, use 「落ち込む」; for ordinary falling, use 「落ちる」. 「脱する」 is the opposite.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
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