らくご

I

[落後， 落伍] ¶→落後者 (落伍者)

◇→落後する (落伍する)

II

[落語] comic storytelling 【U】《総称》; comic story 【C】《一席の》.

¶→落語家

落伍
落後
dropping out of
straggling
falling out of the ranks
落語
rakugo story
(telling) a comic story

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I

らくご【落後， 落伍】

¶ → 落後者 (落伍者)

◇ → 落後する (落伍する)

II

らくご【落語】

comic storytelling 〖U〗《総称》; comic story 〖C〗《一席の》.

¶ → 落語家

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らくご【落語】

traditional Japanese comic storytelling; a comic story (told by a professional storyteller); a story ending in a joke [word play].

落語家 a professional comic storyteller.

II

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].