Moto 倒: Overthrow; Fall; CollapseKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- トウ
- Kun'yomi
- たお(れる)、-だお(れ)、たお(す)、さかさま、さかさ、さかしま
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 209 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (トウ)
- 圧倒的あっとうてきoverwhelming
- 倒産とうさん(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency
- 面倒めんどうtrouble; bother
- 打倒だとうknockdown (e.g. in boxing); overthrow
- 圧倒あっとうto overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower
- 転倒てんとうfalling down; tumbling
- 倒閣とうかくoverthrow of government
- 倒壊とうかいdestruction; collapse
- 倒木とうぼくfallen tree
- 倒置とうちturning upside down; placing nonessentials before essentials
- 倒錯とうさくperversion
- 傾倒けいとうdevoting oneself to; concentrating on
- 本末転倒ほんまつてんとうfailing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse
- こん倒こんとうswoon; faint
- しち面倒臭いしちめんどうくさいextremely bothersome; extremely tiresome
- 七転八倒しちてんばっとうtossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
- 七面倒しちめんどうgreat trouble; difficulty
- 七顛八倒しちてんばっとうtossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
- 不倒翁ふとうおうtumbler; self-righting doll
- 不況型倒産ふきょうかたとうさんrecession-induced bankruptcy
- 主客転倒しゅかくてんとうreversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse
- 主客顛倒しゅかくてんとうreversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse
- 主語助動詞倒置しゅごじょどうしとうちsubject-auxiliary inversion
- 企業倒産きぎょうとうさんcorporate bankruptcy
- 伐倒ばっとうfelling
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 前倒しまえだおしmoving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule)
- 倒れるたおれるto fall (over, down); to collapse
- 倒すたおすto throw down; to bring down
- 倒れたおれcollapse; collapsing
- 共倒れともだおれfalling together; mutual destruction
- 切り倒すきりたおすto cut down; to chop down
- 寄り倒しよりたおしknocking an opponent over while holding his belt
- 将棋倒ししょうぎだおしfalling down one after another (like dominoes)
- 押し倒しおしたおしoshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down
- 押し倒すおしたおすto pin down; to knock down
- 横倒しよこだおしfalling over; toppling sideways
- 貸し倒れかしだおれbad debt; irrecoverable debt
- うしろ倒しうしろだおしpostponement; moving back
- かけ声倒れかけごえだおれstarting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action
- つき倒すつきたおすto push down; to knock down
- なぎ倒すなぎたおすto mow down; to cut down
- なぐり倒すなぐりたおすto knock down; to knock out
- にらみ倒すにらみたおすto stare someone down; to outstare
- はっ倒すはったおすto knock down
- はめ倒すはめたおすto make love
- はり倒すはりたおすto knock down; to slap down
- ひいきの引き倒しひいきのひきたおしdoing someone a disservice by showing too much partiality; overly favouring someone to their detriment
- ぶっ倒すぶったおすto knock down
- ぶっ倒れるぶったおれるto fall flat; to collapse in a heap
- ドミノ倒しドミノたおしdomino toppling
- 京の着倒れきょうのきだおれfinancially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto)
- 仏倒しほとけだおしfalling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down
- 伏し倒れるふしたおれるto fall down
- 位倒れくらいだおれinability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league
- 使い倒すつかいたおすto use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of
Other readings
- 一辺倒いっぺんとうcomplete devotion (to); total commitment (to)
- 倒ささかさinverted; upside down
- 面倒くさいめんどくさいbothersome; tiresome
- 面倒臭いめんどくさいbothersome; tiresome
- ハッ倒すはったおすto knock down
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