Keyword
collapse
- overthrow
- fall
- drop
- break down
- Frequency
- #791
- Strokes
- 10
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1055
Readings
トウ63%
たお19%
だお19%
Mnemonic
A thin person arrives at the burger contest, the crowd snickers, and after one giant bite he starts to collapse onto the table.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
倒す
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; to recline (e.g. a seat); to kill; to defeat; …
Godan verb
倒れる
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to cave in; to crumble; to give away; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; …
Ichidan verb
圧倒
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to crush; to defeat completely; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to impress; to fill with emotion; to intimidate; to frighten; …
Suru verb
転倒
fall; falling down; tumbling; toppling (over); inversion; reversal; turning upside-down; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
Noun
一辺倒
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
Suffix
倒れ
doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)
Suffix
本末転倒
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
Noun