To Fall Down
To Fall, To Drop, To Fail
intransitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means fall and the vocab verb version means to fall down, to fall, and to drop. It can also mean to fail, in the sense of failing an exam.
おちる
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
If you start to fall down, what do you yell? "OHHHH (お)!"
あなたのけしゴム、つくえの下に落ちていますよ。
Your eraser fell under the desk.
しけんに落ちた日に、ひろうから、はがぬけ落ちました。
On the day I failed the exam, I dropped my teeth from exhaustion.
「何してるの？私も入れて？」「本当？俺たち、ステアフォールっていう、棒人間がひたすら階段から落ちるゲームをしてるんだけど。」「おもしろそうじゃん。」
"What are you guys playing? Let me in!" "Really? We’re playing a game called Stair Fall where a stickman just keeps falling down the stairs." "Sounds fun!"