英和和英

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自動詞

1

To fall; to drop; to come down; to go down

用例

• 崖から落ちる
  to fall over a precipice

• 土手から落ちる
  to fall down a bank
• 子どもが梯子段から落ちた
  The child fell down the stairs.
• 高い処から落ちる
  to fell from a height
• 彼は高い処から落ちて死んだ
  He fell from a height and died―（他動詞構文にすれば）―The fall killed him.
• 馬から落ちる
  to be thrown off a horse
• 彼は馬から落ちてけがをした
  He was thrown off a horse and injured―（他動詞構文にすれば）―A fall from a horse injured him―A horse threw and injured him.
• 船から海へ落ちる
  to fall overboard
• 椅子から落ちる
  to fall off a chair
• 卓上から落ちる
  to fall off the table
• 木から落ちる
  to fall out of a tree―tumble out of a tree
• 猿も木から落ちる
  “A good marksman may miss.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 木から落ちた猿
  a “fish out of water”
• リンゴが木から落ちる
  Apples fall off the tree.
• 落ちた林檎は持たぬ
  Fallen apples do not keep.
• 彼は三階から真さかさまに落ちた
  He fell head foremost from the third story.
• 雨滴が軒から落ちる
  Raindrops fall from the eaves.
• 秋は木の葉が落ちる
  The leaves fall―Trees shed their leaves―in autumn.
• 手から落ちる
  to fall out of one's hand―fall from one's hand
• 手に落ちる
  to fall our into one's hands
• 二百三高地は我が手に落ちた
  The 203-Metre Heights fell into hands.
• 彼は試験で五番落ちた
  He has gone down five places in the examination.
• もしもし何か落ちましたよ
  Say, sir, you have dropped something.
• ポタンと落ちる
  to fall plump―plump down
• ポタリと落ちる
  to fall flop―flop down
• ドシンと落ちる
  to fall with a thud
• 雨がポツポツ落ちてきた
  The rain has begun to fall in drops.
• 桃がポタポタ落ちそうに熟している
  The peaches are ready to drop―dropping ripe.
• 明いた口に牡丹餅は落ちて来ぬ
  “Larks do not fall ready-roasted into your mouth.”【イディオム・格言的】

2

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 風で栗が落ちた
  The wind has thrown the chestnuts to the ground.

• 雷が落ちる
  Lightning strikes
  A thunderbolt falls.
• あの家に雷が落ちた
  That house was struck by lightning.
• お祭りで橋が落ちた
  The bridge gave way under a festival crowd.
• 洪水で橋が落ちた
  The flood carried away the bridge―swept away the bridge―The bridge was carried away by the flood―swept away by the flood.
• 二階が落ちる
  The floor gives way.
• 桟敷が落ちてけが人ができた
  The stand gave way, and injured some people.
• 日は西山に落つ
  The sun sinks below the horizon.
• 日まさに落ちなんとす
  The sun is setting.
• うまくて頬が落ちそうだ
  It is delicious―goluptious.
• 落ちての後に高みを恐る
  “A burnt child dreads the fire.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 本が下に落ちている
  The book is on the floor
  The book lies on the ground.
• うまい事が足下に落ちている
  Chances lie at our feet.
• その財布が道に落ちておった
  I found this purse on the road.
• 道に落ちたるを拾わず
  You should not pick up what you find on the road.
• 風呂が落ちる
  The bath-tub is emptied （of its water）.
• この辺にだいぶ金が落ちた
  Much money has been spent to enrich the people here.

3

〈第二特例〉

用例

• 人気が落ちる
  to lose one's popularity―fall in popularity―fall into disfavour

• 客が落ちる
  Customers fall off.
• あの店は近頃客が落ちた
  The shop has lost its custom.
• あの医者は患者が落ちた
  The doctor has lost his patients.
• あの人は評判が落ちた
  He has fallen in the public estimation.
• 地に落ちる
  to fall to the ground―fall to earth
• ドイツの威信地に落つ
  Germany's prestige is gone.
• 名声地に落ちた
  His reputation is gone
  His reputation is blasted.
• 信用地に落ちた
  His credit is gone
  His credit is cracked.
• 人後に落ちる
  to fall behind the others
• 人後に落ちぬ
  to be behind no one―second to none
• 熱心では人後に落ちぬつもりだ
  I hope I am behind no one in zeal.
• 腑に落ちる
  to go down with one
• 彼の説明は腑に落ちない
  His explanation does not go down with me.
• 腑に落ちない話だ
  I can not swallow the story
  The story is hard to swallow
  The story sticks in my gizzard.
• 人の値打が落ちる
  A man falls in the public estimation.
• 文章が悪いので本の価値が落ちる
  The badness of the style takes from the value of the work.
• そんなことをしては紳士の品格が落ちる
  It would be beneath the dignity of a gentleman to do such a thing.
• この箪笥が競売で僕に落ちた
  This cabinet was knocked down to me at the auction.
• （入札で）札が落ちる
  One's tender is accepted.
• 話が理に落ちる
  The talk becomes serious.
• 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる
  It is easier to draw than to force men.
• 落つれば同じ谷川の水
  They all come to the same thing.

4

（＝取れる）to come off; to come out

用例

• 箔が落ちる
  The gilt comes off.

• 箔が落ちた
  The gilt is off.
• 着物の泥がまだ落ちない
  The mud has not quite come off my clothes.
• しみが落ちない
  The stain will not come out.

5

（＝落第する）to fail; to get plucked

• 今度の試験で誰々落ちたか
  Who have failed―got plucked―in the examination?

6

（＝漏れる）to be omitted; to be left out

用例

• 名簿に君の名が落ちている
  Your name is omitted in the list.

• 二三字落ちている
  A few words are left out.

7

（＝逃げる）to escape; to fly

用例

• 義経は東へ落ちた
  Yoshitsune fled to the East.

• 都を落ちる
  to fly from the capital

8

（＝河が海に入る）to fall into, flow into, empty into, pour itself into （the sea）

• 隅田河は東京湾に落ちる
  The Sumida empties into the Bay of Tokyo.

9

（＝色が褪める）to fade

• 紫は落ちやすい
  Purple is apt to fade.

10

（＝陥落する）to fall; to be reduced

• さしもの堅固な城もとうとう落ちた
  The strong castle fell at last.

11

（＝劣る）to be inferior （to the other in quality）; to fall short of （the standard）

用例

• これはあれより落ちる
  This is inferior to that.

• これは品がずっと落ちます
  This is far inferior in quality.
• 品質が落ちる
  The quality falls short of the mark.
• 品物は見本より落ちる
  The goods do not come up to the sample.
• 今年の米作は平年より落ちる
  This year's rice-harvest falls short of the average.

12

（＝死ぬ）to die

• 夏は鰻が落ちる
  Eels die away in summer.