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Japanese word definition and usage
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倒す, 斃す, 殪す, 仆すJLPT 3
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Kana Readingたおす
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Romajitaosu
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Word Senses
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- 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
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to kill; to defeat; to beat
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to leave unpaid; to cheat
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Example Sentences
倒す, 斃す, 殪す, 仆す, たおす used in context
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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.
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I'd defeated the four sub-bosses and got through the damn long underground labyrinth.
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He scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their table.
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Many trees were blown down by the storm.
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木は吹き倒された。
The tree was blown down.
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We had our house blown down by the storm.
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Kanji found in this word
overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
On: トウ
Kun: 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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