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蹴落とす (けおとす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

蹴け落おとす

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

kick down; kick off; oust

Literally to kick someone or something down from a height. Figuratively, to oust a rival from a position by aggressive means.

彼かれは敵てきを崖がけから蹴け落おとした。
He kicked his enemy off the cliff.
ライバルを蹴け落おとして部ぶ長ちょう

の

座ざ

を

手て

に

入い

れ

た

。

He ousted his rival and got the position of department head.

Written forms

蹴け落おとすUsage82%
Standard kanji spelling.
蹴落けおとすUsage13%
Variant spelling without the okurigana と.
けおとすUsage5%

Kanji

蹴kick
落fall, drop, come down

Similar words

蹴ける
蹴る simply means 'to kick'. 蹴落とす adds the nuance of kicking something down or off, often with a competitive or aggressive connotation.
追おい落おとす
追い落とす means 'to oust' or 'to drive out', focusing on chasing away rather than kicking. 蹴落とす implies a more forceful, sometimes underhanded, removal.

Etymology

Compound of 蹴る (keru, 'to kick') and 落とす (otosu, 'to drop'). The literal meaning is 'to kick down', and the figurative sense of ousting a rival developed from the image of kicking someone off a high place.