Word Meaning 陥落

かんらく kanraku

陥落 is read as かんらく (kanraku) and means fall (in position, rank, etc.).

Meaning

English

fall (in position, rank, etc.)
demotion
fall (of a city, fortress, etc.)
surrender
giving in (to someone's persuasion)
yielding
being convinced
subsidence

Reading

Kana

かんらく

Romaji

kanraku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 14932 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大関陥落

おおぜきかんらく

demotion from ōzeki ranking

ベルリン陥落

べるりんかんらく

Fall of Berlin (1945)

陥る

おちいる

to fall into (a trap, etc.)

陥没

かんぼつ

cave-in

陥入

かんにゅう

subsiding

墜落

ついらく

fall

脱落

だつらく

falling off

没落

ぼつらく

ruin

堕落

だらく

depravity

崩落

ほうらく

market decline

滑落

かつらく

sliding down (a slope, mountainside)

無間奈落

むげんならく

Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

Example Sentences

敵の城は三日で陥落した。

てきのしろはみっかでかんらくした。

The enemy castle fell in three days.