陥落|かんらくkanraku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsubsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgiving in (to someone's persuasion); yielding; being convinced
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 陥落する（かんらくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 陥落します（かんらくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 陥落しない（かんらくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 陥落しません（かんらくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 陥落せず・陥落せぬ（かんらくせず・かんらくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 陥落した（かんらくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 陥落しました（かんらくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 陥落しなかった（かんらくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 陥落しませんでした（かんらくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 陥落して（かんらくして） |
| Potential | 陥落できる（かんらくできる） |
| Passive | 陥落される（かんらくされる） |
| Causative | 陥落させる（かんらくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 陥落させられる（かんらくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 陥落すれば（かんらくすれば） |
| tara | 陥落したら（かんらくしたら） |
| Volitional | 陥落しよう（かんらくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 陥落しましょう（かんらくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 陥落しろ（かんらくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym陥没かんぼつNeutralNeutral word for ground or a surface caving in and sinking, as with a road; it stresses the sinking itself, not a city or rank falling.
- Related崩落ほうらくWrittenFormal, written word for rock or ice breaking off and crashing down; 「陥落」 instead covers cities falling, rank drops, or being talked into something.
- Related崩壊ほうかいNeutralNeutral, broad word for buildings or institutions collapsing; unlike 「陥落」 it also covers abstract systems and organizations breaking down.
- Related倒壊とうかいNeutralNeutral word for a building toppling and being crushed; the focus is the physical fall of a structure, not a city taken or a rank lost.
- Related崩れくずれNeutralNeutral word for crumbling or collapse, and for things losing their expected form, as in 「天気の崩れ」.
- Antonym奪還だっかんWrittenFormal, written word for recapturing or taking something back; the counterpart to a city's 「陥落」.
「陥落」 covers a city or fortress falling, dropping from a rank as in 「首位から陥落」, and finally being persuaded. For sinking ground use 「陥没」, for a building toppling 「倒壊」, for a system collapsing 「崩壊」; 「奪還」 is its opposite: taking back what was lost.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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