英和和英

読み方 おち

名詞

1

（＝漏れ）an omission

落ち無く→『おちなく（落ち無く）』

2

（＝話の落ち）the point （of the joke）

用例

• 話の落ちがわからない
  I don't see the point of the joke.

• 君には落ちがわからないだろう
  You don't catch the point, do you?
  You miss the point, don't you?

3

（＝結局）the final result; the end; the outcome; the upshot

用例

• 果は夜逃げくらいが落ちだろう
  The affair will perhaps end in a moonlight flitting.

• 通ひ詰めた結果は心中くらいが落ちだろう
  His frequenting her company will perhaps result in a double suicide
  The upshot of the matter will be a double suicide.