I Love Kanji倒れる (taoreru)
倒れる (たおれる, taoreru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fall (over, down); to collapse”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たおれる
- Romaji
- taoreru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to die; to be killed · ichidan verb, intransitive · occ. written as 斃れる, 仆れる
- to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 倒れる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 倒れる | たおれる taoreru |
| Polite (~masu) | 倒れます | たおれます taoremasu |
| Negative | 倒れない | たおれない taorenai |
| Polite negative | 倒れません | たおれません taoremasen |
| Past | 倒れた | たおれた taoreta |
| Polite past | 倒れました | たおれました taoremashita |
| Negative past | 倒れなかった | たおれなかった taorenakatta |
| Te-form | 倒れて | たおれて taorete |
| Potential | 倒れられる | たおれられる taorerareru |
| Passive | 倒れられる | たおれられる taorerareru |
| Causative | 倒れさせる | たおれさせる taoresaseru |
| Volitional | 倒れよう | たおれよう taoreyou |
| Imperative | 倒れろ | たおれろ taorero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 倒れれば | たおれれば taorereba |
Kanji in 倒れる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 倒れる.
面倒めんどうtrouble倒すたおすto throw down倒産とうさん(corporate) bankruptcy面倒臭いめんどうくさいbothersome圧倒あっとうto overwhelm (e.g. an opponent)
Source: JMdict entry 1445790 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.