- 落伍
- らくご【落後, 落伍】¶ → 落後者 (落伍者)◇ → 落後する (落伍する)* * *らくご【落伍・落後】straggling.~する straggle; drop [fall] out of line [the ranks]; drop [fall] behind; drop to the rear.
●競走で落伍する drop out of the race; be put out of the running; fall behind in a race
・行軍で落伍する fall out while on the march
・受験戦争に落伍する drop out of the examination race
・出世争いに落伍する be left out of [behind others in] the struggle for advancement in one's career
・群れから落伍したシマウマ a zebra that strayed from its herd
・先頭集団から落伍した走者 a runner who was left [dropped] behind the leading pack
・昨日のマラソンでは有力選手が次々に落伍した. In yesterday's marathon one big-name runner after another dropped out [retired].
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.