落ちる

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)

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)

See also: 狐が落ちる (reading きつねがおちる)

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.)

See also: 恋に落ちる (reading こいにおちる) 眠りに落ちる (reading ねむりにおちる)

15

to swoon (judo)

16

to consent; to understand

See also: 腑に落ちない (reading ふにおちない)

17

to crash; to freeze

(Computer terminology)

18

to die

Note: of animals

19

to move to the depths

Note: of fish when it gets cold