倒す – Vocabulary details

倒たおす

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. 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)

2. to kill; to defeat; to beat

3. to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin

4. to leave unpaid; to cheat

Alt. forms

Kanji used

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Pitch accent

た

お

す

Conjugations...Used in: 4005

Used in vocabulary (24 in total)

押おし倒たおす

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)

敵てきを倒たおす

to kill one's enemy (opponent)

なぎ倒たおす

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

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Examples (6 in total)

政せい府ふは倒たおされた。

The government was overthrown.

独どく裁さい者しゃを倒たおすのだ！

I will overthrow the dictator.

暴ぼう風ふうで私わたしたちの家いえが倒たおされた。

We had our house blown down by the storm.