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    3. 落ちこぼれ

    落ちこぼれ

    落おち​こ​ぼ​れ​

    fallen scraps

    KMT9News #31+1CoreEducationKanji Vocab24 strokes

    落ち零れ

    おちこぼれ

    Noun

    1.
    fallen scraps, scatterings
    2.
    leftovers, remainder, pickings, odds and ends

    Noun, Particle

    3.
    student who cannot keep up in school, dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
    colloquialsensitive

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    パンを焼やいた後あと、少すこし落おちこぼれが出でた。

    After baking bread, a few scraps fell out.

    KMT7Food & DiningDaily Life
    彼かれは学がっ校こうの落おちこぼれと見みなされていたが、後のちに成せい功こうした。

    He was considered a dropout from school, but later succeeded.

    KMT9Education
    落おちこぼれの生せい徒とにも、個こ別べつの学し習え支 援んが必ひつ要ようだ。

    Even students who fall behind need individual learning support.

    KMT9Education
    どんな分ぶん野やでも、努ど力りょくを怠おこたれば落おちこぼれになる可か能のう性せいがある。

    In any field, if you neglect your efforts, there's a possibility of falling behind.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    社しゃ会かいの落おちこぼれを生うまないような教きょう育いく制せい度どが求もとめられている。

    An educational system that does not produce societal dropouts is being sought.

    KMT10EducationPolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    落
    お.ちる・お.ち・お.とす…(2)
    fall・drop・come down・village・hamlet
    Kanji
    ち
    chi
    Kana
    こ
    ko
    Kana
    ぼ
    bo
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
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