Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 倒す(たおす) in Japanese

倒す, 斃す, 殪す, 仆す
JLPT 3
Kana Reading
たおす
Romaji
taosu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Godan verb with `su' ending, transitive verb
    Meaning
    to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side
    Example sentence
    何十年も鍛え続けた強者が、ほんの一瞬の油断で弱者に倒されることがあるんですの。それが武術の世界というものですわ。 A strong veteran, having trained for tens of years, can fall to a weakling in a moment of laxness. That's what the martial arts world is.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to kill; to defeat; to beat
    Example sentence
    四天王も倒した、クソ長い地下迷宮もクリアした。 I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin
    Example sentence
    両替人の金を散らし、その台を倒した。 He scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their table.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to leave unpaid; to cheat
    Example sentence
    嵐で多くの木が吹き倒された。 Many trees were blown down by the storm.

Examples of 倒す, 斃す, 殪す, 仆す, たおす in a sentence

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
倒す
Plain Polite
倒します
Negative
倒さない
Negative Polite
倒しません

Past

Plain
倒した
Plain Polite
倒しました
Negative
倒さなかった
Negative Polite
倒しませんでした

Te

Plain
倒して
Plain Polite
倒しまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
倒される
Plain Polite
倒されます
Negative
倒されない
Negative Polite
倒されません
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Kanji in this word

倒 JLPT 3

10 strokes

overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down

On'Yomi: トウ

Kun'Yomi: たお.れる, -だお.れ, たお.す, さかさま, さかさ, さかしま

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仆

4 strokes

fall, lie down, bend

On'Yomi: フ

Kun'Yomi: たお.れる

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斃

18 strokes

kill, die violent death

On'Yomi: ヘイ

Kun'Yomi: たお.れる, たお.す

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殪

16 strokes

die, bury

On'Yomi: エイ

Kun'Yomi: たお.す

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