都落ち

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都	落
みやこ Grade: 3	お Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
都落ち (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 都 (miyako, “capital city”) +‎ 落ち (ochi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 落ちる (ochiru), “to end in”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みやこおち [mìyákóóchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲija̠ko̞o̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

都(みやこ)落(お)ち • (miyakoochi) 

1. escaping from Kyoto (or other capital) to the provinces
2. moving house from a large city, especially Tokyo, to the provinces
3. (card games) in 大富豪 (daifugō), a rule that when the top player (also known as daifugō) cannot win, that player will be in last place or 大貧民 (daihinmin)

Verb

都(みやこ)落(お)ちする • (miyakoochi suru) suru (stem 都(みやこ)落(お)ちし (miyakoochi shi), past 都(みやこ)落(お)ちした (miyakoochi shita))

1. to escape from Kyoto (or other capital) to the provinces
2. to move house from a large city, especially Tokyo, to the provinces
3. (card games) in 大富豪 (daifugō), to be placed in 大貧民 (daihinmin) with the miyakoochi rule

Conjugation

Conjugation of "都落ちする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	都落ちし	みやこおちし	miyakoochi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	都落ちし	みやこおちし	miyakoochi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	都落ちする	みやこおちする	miyakoochi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	都落ちする	みやこおちする	miyakoochi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	都落ちすれ	みやこおちすれ	miyakoochi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	都落ちせよ¹ 都落ちしろ²	みやこおちせよ¹ みやこおちしろ²	miyakoochi seyo¹ miyakoochi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	都落ちされる	みやこおちされる	miyakoochi sareru
Causative	都落ちさせる 都落ちさす	みやこおちさせる みやこおちさす	miyakoochi saseru miyakoochi sasu
Potential	都落ちできる	みやこおちできる	miyakoochi dekiru
Volitional	都落ちしよう	みやこおちしよう	miyakoochi shiyō
Negative	都落ちしない	みやこおちしない	miyakoochi shinai
Negative continuative	都落ちせず	みやこおちせず	miyakoochi sezu
Formal	都落ちします	みやこおちします	miyakoochi shimasu
Perfective	都落ちした	みやこおちした	miyakoochi shita
Conjunctive	都落ちして	みやこおちして	miyakoochi shite
Hypothetical conditional	都落ちすれば	みやこおちすれば	miyakoochi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative