陥落

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 陥落 is read かんらく and means a fortress falling or a loss of a high position.
• Basic usage: It is used for a besieged castle falling and for a leading team dropping in the rankings.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The resulting rank
  • 三位へ陥落した means the resulting position was third place. Here, へ marks the position reached by the change.