倒れる

Meanings

1. to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple
2. to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away
3. to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork)
4. to die; to be killed
5. to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under

Part of speech: ichidan verb, intransitive

Kanji

• 倒

  Meanings

  overthrow, fall, collapse, drop

  On reading

  トウ

  Kun reading

  たお.れる、-だお.れ、たお.す、さかさま、さかさ、さかしま

  Strokes

  10

Example sentences

• 彼は横にばったり倒れた。

  He fell flat on the floor.

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• 彼は過労で倒れた。

  My father fell ill because he worked too hard.

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• 彼はいまを盛りにと言う時に倒れた。

  He was cut down in his prime.

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