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otosou
godan verb, transitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[おと()··]
otosou

Matched Conjugations:

Plain Presumptive Form
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otosou

English Meaning(s) for 落とそう

godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
  2. 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
  3. to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. to download; to copy from a computer to another medium
  7. to make someone swoon (judo)
  8. to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
  9. to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
* Please note, you are viewing the Japanese readings in the plain presumptive form, while the english meanings are based on the dictionary form.

Definition and Synonyms for 落とそう

Drop a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Synonyms: 下落, 低下, 減少, 落とし, 落とす
Flatten lower the pitch of (musical notes)
Synonyms: 下げる, 落とす
Drop let fall to the ground
Synonyms: 取り落とす, 落とす, 落っことす
Lose miss from one's possessions
Synonyms: なくす, 亡失, 喪失, 忘失, 無くなす, 紛失, 落とす, 落っことす, 見失う, 遺失
Lose fail to keep or to maintain
Synonyms: なくす, 亡失, 取り落とす, 喪失, 失う, 失する, 失墜, 忘失, 損亡, 無くなす, 紛失, 落とす, 落っことす, 逸する, 遺失
Lose fail to make money in a business
Synonyms: 失う, 失する, 損する, 敗る, 敗れる, 敗北, 無くなす, 紛失, 落とす, 負ける
Lour make lower or quieter
Synonyms: 下げる, 低める, 落とす
Load corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
Synonyms: 落とす
Alloy lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
Synonyms: 落とす
Lour set lower
Synonyms: 下す, 下げる, 下ろす, 低める, 取り下ろす, 引き下げる, 引き下ろす, 落とす
Detract take away a part from
Synonyms: 落とす
Miss leave undone or leave out
Synonyms: 取り落とす, 取り逃がす, 抜かす, 書き残す, 書き漏らす, 書き落す, 書き落とす, 漏らす, 為落とす, 落とす, 見落とす, 見逃す, 見過ごす, 言い落とす
Drop omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
Synonyms: 落とす
Drop lose (a game)
Synonyms: 落とす
Misplace place (something) where one cannot find it again
Synonyms: なくす, 亡くす, 亡失, 取り落とす, 失う, 失する, 失墜, 忘る, 忘れる, 忘失, 散じる, 紛失, 置き忘れる, 置き違える, 落とす, 落っことす, 逸する, 遺失
Clean remove while making clean
Synonyms: 掃除, 洗う, 洗濯, 落とす
Dribble let or cause to fall in drops
Synonyms: こぼす, 垂らす, 滴らす, 滴下, 点じる, 点ずる, 落とす
Load often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
Synonyms: 落とす
Detract diminish
Synonyms: 落とす
Lose make a loss or fail to profit
Synonyms: 失う, 失する, 損する, 敗る, 敗れる, 敗北, 無くなす, 紛失, 落とす, 負ける
Lose cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
Synonyms: なくす, 亡失, 取り落とす, 喪失, 失う, 失する, 失墜, 忘失, 損亡, 無くなす, 紛失, 落とす, 落っことす, 逸する, 遺失
Lose lose sight of
Synonyms: なくす, 亡失, 喪失, 忘失, 無くなす, 紛失, 落とす, 落っことす, 見失う, 遺失

Meanings for each kanji in 落とそう

» fall; drop; come down

Categories 落とそう is a member of

Modify cause to change
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Remove remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
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Trim Down cut down on
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Minify make smaller
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Lose fail to win
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Set put into a certain place or abstract location
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Move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
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Pour cause to run
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Decrease the amount by which something decreases
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Elide leave or strike out
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Corrupt alter from the original
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Devalue lower the value or quality of
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 落とそう

Conjugations for 落とそう

masu stem
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otoshi
Negative stem
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otosa
te-form
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otoshite
Negative te-form
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otosanakute
Adverbial Negative Form
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otosanaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
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otosu
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosanai
Past Indicative Form
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otoshita
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otosanakatta
Presumptive Form
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otosou
Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
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otoshimasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otoshimasen
Past Indicative Form
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otoshimashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otoshimasendeshita
Presumptive Form
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otoshimashou
Tai Form
Present Indicative Form
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otoshitai
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otoshitakunai
Past Indicative Form
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otoshitakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otoshitakunakatta
Adjective stem
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otoshita
te-form
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otoshitakute
Negative te-form
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otoshitakunakute
Adverbial Form
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otoshitaku
Provisional Form
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otoshitakereba
Provisional Negative Form
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otoshitakunakereba
Conditional Form
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otoshitakattara
Conditional Negative Form
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otoshitakunakattara
Objective Form
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otoshitasa
Imperative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
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otose
Imperative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
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otoshinasai
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
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otoseba
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosanakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
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otosanakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
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otoshitara
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosanakattara
Alternative Form
Present Indicative Form
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otoshitari
Potential Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
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otoseru
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosenai
Past Indicative Form
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otoseta
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otosenakatta
masu-stem
[()··]
otose
te-form
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otosete
Negative te-form
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otosenakute
Potential Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
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otosemasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosemasen
Past Indicative Form
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otosemashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otosemasendeshita
Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
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otosareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosarenai
Past Indicative Form
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otosareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otosarenakatta
masu stem
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otosare
te-form
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otosarete
Negative te-form
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otosarenakute
Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
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otosaremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosaremasen
Past Indicative Form
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otosaremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otosaremasendeshita
Causative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
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otosaseru
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosasenai
Past Indicative Form
[()····]
otosaseta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·······]
otosasenakatta
masu stem
[()···]
otosase
te-form
[()····]
otosasete
Negative te-form
[()······]
otosasenakute
Causative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
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otosasemasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosasemasen
Past Indicative Form
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otosasemashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otosasemasendeshita
Causative Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
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otosaserareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosaserarenai
Past Indicative Form
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otosaserareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otosaserarenakatta
masu stem
[()·····]
otosaserare
te-form
[()······]
otosaserarete
Negative te-form
[()········]
otosaserarenakute
Causative Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
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otosaseraremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosaseraremasen
Past Indicative Form
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otosaseraremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
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otosaseraremasendeshita
Colloquial Form
Present Indicative Negative Masculine Form
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otosan
Formal Form
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosazu
Classical Form (nu)
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosanu
Classical Form (zaru)
Present Indicative Negative Form
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otosazaru

Intransitive pair for 落とそう

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ochiru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Alternate Written Forms:

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ochiru
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ochiru
[おち()·]
ochiru

English Meanings:

ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money) (occ. 堕ちる for depravity and 墜ちる for a crash)
  2. to be omitted; to be missing
  3. to decrease; to sink
  4. to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
  5. to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
  6. to become indecent (of a conversation)
  7. to be ruined; to go under
  8. to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list)
  9. to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
  10. to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
  11. to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
  12. to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
  13. to come to (in the end); to end in
  14. to fall (in love, asleep, etc.)
  15. to swoon (judo)
  16. to consent; to understand
  17. to go down (of a website, server, etc.); to crash
  18. to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.); to drop out; to leave; to go offline
  19. to die (of animals)
  20. to move to the depths (of fish when it gets cold)
  21. to go down (of a website, server, etc.)

Sample Sentences for 落とそう

Let's shake the rug.
The prancing chestnut mare whinnied as she tried to get rid of the rider.

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