落(お)とすto drop, to lose, to let fall, to shed (light), to cast (one's gaze), to pour in (liquid), to leave behind

Common

1. う-verb (す), Transitive verb

   1. 1.

      to drop, to lose, to let fall, to shed (light), to cast (one's gaze), to pour in (liquid), to leave behind

   2. 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. 3.

      to lose (a match), to reject (an applicant), to fail (a course), to defeat (in an election)

   4. 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. 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. 6.

      to download, to copy from a computer to another medium

      Computing

   7. 7.

      to make someone swoon (judo)

      Martial Arts

   8. 8.

      to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)

   9. 9.

      to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

   10. 10.

       to win over, to seduce, to conquer (unwillingness)

       Colloquial