Illustration: Beside a Japanese amateur football pitch, a player reluctantly removes the captain's armband and hands it to a teammate whom the coach has called forward. The new captain stands with the starting players as they gather around the coach.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

転てん落らく

tenraku

to fall in rank or status

Example sentences

  1. 阪神三日天下はんしんみっかてんか。あっと言いう間まに首位しゅいから転落てんらくしちゃったよ。

    Hanshin’s moment of glory didn’t last. They fell out of first place in a hurry.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 中流階級ちゅうりゅうかいきゅうの中なかには貧困階級ひんこんかいきゅうに転落てんらくした人ひとがいます。

    Some of the members of the middle class have fallen into poverty.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしの成績せいせきは一気いっきにクラス最下位さいかいまで転落てんらくしてしまっていた。

    My grades had dived to the bottom of the class.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 転落

  • 転revolve; turn aroundOnテンKunころがる・ころげる・ころがす
  • 落fall; dropOnラクKunおちる・おち・おとす

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