Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
彼は花瓶を落とした。He dropped a vase. 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
to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
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
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
to download; to copy from a computer to another medium
Computing
to make someone swoon (judo)
Martial arts
to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)
Colloquial
Also written 落す【おとす】