Keyword
collapse
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1055
Readings
たお
(58%)
どう
(20%)
とう
(15%)
(3%)
だお
(1%)
Composed of
thin person
arrival
Mnemonic

The arrival of a really thin person at one of those competitive eating events doesn't spell anything good... He'll probably collapse to the floor after eating his first hamburger.

Used in vocabulary (216 in total)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to collapse into; to flop onto
to care for someone; to look after someone
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to collapse into; to flop onto
to fall flat; to fall face down
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to knock down; to defeat
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
swoon; faint
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
fainting; swooning
destruction; collapse; crumbling
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
falling over; toppling sideways
to knock down; to knock out
to care for someone; to look after someone
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to knock down
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
perversion; inversion
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
taking care of someone
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
fallen tree
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to put someone to trouble
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to kick over; to kick down
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to push down; to knock down
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
domino toppling
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)
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
overthrow of the shogunate
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of
great trouble; difficulty
falling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show
to knock down
being very surprised; being utterly astonished; being shocked
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
collapse; collapsing; death; bad debt
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
to put someone to trouble
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
to fall flat; to fall face down
oshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down; (win by) knocking down opponent by pushing him with hand(s) rested on his body
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
to be shot dead by an assassin
to knock down
postponement; moving back
inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to throw a person down
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
without getting annoyed; without being bothered; diligently; properly; carefully
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
to knock down; to knock out
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
chain-reaction bankruptcy; chain bankruptcy
to fall flat; to fall face down
reverse chronological order
extreme excitement; sidesplitting laughter
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century)
destruction; collapse; crumbling
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
troublesome; bothersome
to bilk; to eat up one's fortune
turning upside down; placing nonessentials before essentials
knocking an opponent over while holding his belt
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
pushing down (one's opponent) by leaning on (him)
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
swoon; faint
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
to be upset; to be flurried; to be frightened (out of one's wits)
doing someone a disservice by showing too much partiality; overly favouring someone to their detriment
inverse; reverse
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
falling down
to push down; to knock down
(hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself
thrusting down one's opponent either inside or outside the ring
to evade payment
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
overthrow of government
to knock down
hanging (someone) upside down
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
dying by the wayside
to skip out on one's bar bill; to drink oneself to ruin; to drink everything vigorously; to get wasted
business insolvency due to liquidity problems
doing someone a disservice by showing too much partiality; overly favouring someone to their detriment
large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain
to stare someone down; to outstare
inverted-type (e.g. shock-absorber)
falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
watch your step; slippery floor
inability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league
turning upside-down
transvestism; cross-dressing
sexual disorder (e.g. pedophilia, sadism); paraphilia
thrusting down one's opponent either inside or outside the ring
to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action; mere sloganeering
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
falling due to a strong wind; being toppled by the wind
falling suddenly
starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action; mere sloganeering
using up one's fortune on fine clothes
inverted word; verlan
financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto)
tumbler; self-righting doll
inverted sentence
cognitive distortion
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
fainting; swooning
fainting; swooning
to knock down
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
to roll about with laughter; to laugh heartily
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
postponement; moving back
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
to fall; to die; to be defeated
to skip out on one's bar bill; to drink oneself to ruin; to drink everything vigorously; to get wasted
to stare someone down; to outstare
child dying before parents; occurrence out of sequence; wrong order
cognitive distortion
to make love
reading Chinese in the Japanese order
inverted image
technical knockout (boxing); TKO
loss on a credit sale
arm-barring force down
financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka)
to knock down; to knock over
to knock down; to knock over
uncollectable accounts; bad debt
uncollectable accounts; bad debt
uncollectable accounts; bad debt
tree blown down by the wind
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
to wrench someone down to the ground
sudaoshi (type of game)
Examples (155 in total)
Looks like that tree is going to fall down!
The house was on the verge of collapse.
The man fell down on the ground.