Expressions 孔く 子じ の 倒たお れ anyone can make a mistake; even Homer nods Kanji 倒 overthrow, fall, collapse Related words 卒倒 specifically means to suddenly faint or collapse (often from shock or illness), while 倒れ is the more general noun for falling down or collapsing in any sense.
不良債権 is the formal banking term for a non-performing loan overall, while 倒れ (as in 貸し倒れ ) refers to a specific debt that has become uncollectible.
崩壊 refers to the collapse of a structure, system, or organization, whereas 倒れ typically refers to a person falling down or dying.
焦げ付き is a common business term for money that has become stuck or uncollectible, essentially interchangeable with 倒れ in finance contexts but slightly more colloquial.
Word family· 14 fall over; topple; collapse · collapse; cave in; crumble · be laid up; break down; come down with · die; be killed · go bankrupt; fail; go under · be defeated; lose · fall; be overthrown
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
collapse into; flop onto; fall heavily into
ruining oneself through food extravagance
collapsing in the street; person dead in the street
Show 9 more Show fewer inability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league
spending all one's money on clothes; ruining oneself through extravagant clothing
fall flat; fall face down
loss on a credit sale; bad debt from credit sales
ostentatious; showy; all show and no substance
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
collapse; fall down in a heap
topple and lean; fall against and lean · be on the verge of collapse; about to fall
all talk and no action; mere sloganeering; starting with a bang but ending with a whimper
Etymology Noun form of the verb 倒れる (taoreru, 'to fall down, collapse'). The financial sense is an extension from the idea of a debt 'falling through' or becoming unrecoverable.
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