I Love Kanji倒す (taosu)
倒す (たおす, taosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to throw down; to bring down”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たおす
- Romaji
- taosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down · godan verb, transitive
- to kill; to defeat; to beat · godan verb, transitive · occ. written as 斃す, 殪す, 仆す
- to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin · godan verb, transitive
- to leave unpaid; to cheat · godan verb, transitive
- to do completely; to do thoroughly; to do to the fullest · auxiliary verb, godan verb · after the -masu stem of verb
Example sentences
シート横にあるノブを前に動かし、シートを倒します。
Move the knob at the side of the seat forwards, collapse the seat.
そのボクサーは第１ラウンドで相手を倒すつもりだと言った。
The boxer said he would knock down his opponent in the first round.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 倒す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 倒す | たおす taosu |
| Polite (~masu) | 倒します | たおします taoshimasu |
| Negative | 倒さない | たおさない taosanai |
| Polite negative | 倒しません | たおしません taoshimasen |
| Past | 倒した | たおした taoshita |
| Polite past | 倒しました | たおしました taoshimashita |
| Negative past | 倒さなかった | たおさなかった taosanakatta |
| Te-form | 倒して | たおして taoshite |
| Potential | 倒せる | たおせる taoseru |
| Passive | 倒される | たおされる taosareru |
| Causative | 倒させる | たおさせる taosaseru |
| Volitional | 倒そう | たおそう taosou |
| Imperative | 倒せ | たおせ taose |
| Conditional (~ba) | 倒せば | たおせば taoseba |
Kanji in 倒す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 倒す.
倒れるたおれるto fall (over, down)面倒めんどうtrouble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 1445770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.