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Zach

落第

Reading

Kana: らくだい
Romaji: rakudai
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Definition

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failure; dropping out of a class

Kanji

Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence

Example Sentences

落第(らくだい)しちゃう!
➥I will be a repeater!
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(かれ)はいつも(あそ)んでいたため落第(らくだい)した。
➥He failed by playing all the time.
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日本(にっぽん)では、高校(こうこう)までは落第(らくだい)はありません。
➥In Japan we do not repeat a year until high school.
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(だれ)落第(らくだい)しなかった。
➥No one has failed.
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もっと勉強(べんきょう)しない(かぎ)落第(らくだい)しますよ。
➥You will fail unless you work harder.
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落第(らくだい)しないように一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)勉強(べんきょう)しなさい。
➥You must study hard lest you fail.
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