落ちこぼれ[おちこぼれ] (ochikobore)

dropout

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Meaning

落ちこぼれ (おちこぼれ, ochikobore) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “dropout”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 8

私わたしは 中学校ちゅうがっこう 時代じだいは 落おちこぼれでした

I was a hopeless student during my junior high school days.

私はこのクラスの中で一番の落ちこぼれでした。

I was the first dropout in that class.

父親からは、頭が悪く、落ちこぼれと見なされていた。

His father saw him as a dropout and stupid.

タクシー 運転うんてん 手しゅになった 東大とうだい 卒そつの 木村きむらさんは 誰だれかの 物指ものさしで、 落おちこぼれなのかもしれないけど、 運転うんてん 好すきならいいんじゃないかな。

Kimura is a Tokyo university graduate who became a taxi driver. According to some people's standards, he might be considered a failure, but I think it's fine as long as he likes driving.