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堕とす

おとす

Common

Variants

  • 堕とすおとす
  • 墜とすおとす
  • 落すおとす
  • 落とすおとす

Meanings

  1. to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
  2. to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
  3. to make someone swoon (judo)
  4. to download; to copy from a computer to another medium
  5. to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)
  6. to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
  7. to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
  8. to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
  9. to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
  10. to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with

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