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倒れる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	倒たおれる	倒たおれない
Polite	倒たおれます	倒たおれません
Past polite	倒たおれました	倒たおれませんでした
Past	倒たおれた	倒たおれなかった
Te-form	倒たおれて	倒たおれないで
Desire	倒たおれたい	倒たおれたくない
Potential	倒たおれられるalso 倒たおれれる	倒たおれられないalso 倒たおれれない
Passive	倒たおれられる	倒たおれられない
Causative	倒たおれさせる	倒たおれさせない
Causative passive	倒たおれさせられる	倒たおれさせられない
Volitional	倒たおれよう
Polite volitional	倒たおれましょう
Imperative	倒たおれろ	倒たおれるな
Conditional	倒たおれれば	倒たおれなければ
Tara conditional	倒たおれたら	倒たおれなかったら

Pairs with倒す

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fall over; topple; collapse

Physical falling of a person, object, or structure. Covers losing balance and falling down, as well as structures collapsing.

地じ震しんで本ほん棚だなが倒たおれた。
The bookshelf fell over in the earthquake.
彼かれは階かい段だんで倒たおれて、足あしを骨こっ折せつした。
He fell down the stairs and broke his leg.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

collapse; cave in; crumble

Used for buildings, structures, or ground giving way and being destroyed. Also for abstract things like plans or systems collapsing.

大おお雨あめで橋はしが倒たおれた。
The bridge collapsed in the heavy rain.
彼かれの計けい画かくは資し金きん不ぶ足そくで倒たおれた。
His plan fell apart due to lack of funds.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be laid up; break down; come down with

Becoming ill or exhausted to the point of being bedridden or unable to function. Often used with 病気で or 過労で.

彼かれは過か労ろうで倒たおれて入にゅう院いんした。
He collapsed from overwork and was hospitalized.
インフルエンザで一いっ週しゅう間かん倒たおれていた。
I was laid up with the flu for a week.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

die; be killed

Literary or dramatic expression for dying, especially in battle or from violence. Rare in modern everyday speech; 死ぬ is the normal word.

彼かれは戦せん場じょうで倒たおれた。
He fell on the battlefield.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

go bankrupt; fail; go under

Used for companies, banks, or businesses failing financially. Common in news and economic contexts.

その銀ぎん行こうは不ふ況きょうで倒たおれた。
The bank went under due to the recession.
中ちゅう小しょう企き業ぎょうが次つぎ々つぎと倒たおれている。
Small and medium-sized companies are going bankrupt one after another.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be defeated; lose

Losing in a game, match, or competition. Often used in sports or contests.

優ゆう勝しょう候こう補ほが初しょ戦せんで倒たおれた。
The tournament favorite lost in the first round.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

fall; be overthrown

Used for governments, regimes, or leaders being toppled or losing power.

独どく裁さい政せい権けんが民みん衆しゅうの蜂ほう起きで倒たおれた。
The dictatorship was overthrown by a popular uprising.

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Usage patterns· 7

強きょう豪ごうに倒たおれるto be defeated by a powerhouse team or opponent
決けっ勝しょうで強きょう豪ごうチームに倒たおれた。
We were defeated by the powerhouse team in the final.
会かい社しゃが倒たおれるfor a company to go bankrupt or collapse
不ふ況きょうで多おおくの会かい社しゃが倒たおれた。
Many companies went under due to the recession.
〈場ば所しょ〉で倒たおれるto fall down or collapse at a place
彼かの女じょは駅えきの階かい段だんで倒たおれて動うごけなくなった。
She collapsed on the station stairs and couldn't move.
〈人ひと〉が病びょう気きで倒たおれるfor someone to collapse due to illness
祖そ母ぼは突とつ然ぜん、病びょう気きで倒たおれた。
My grandmother suddenly collapsed due to illness.
政せい権けんが倒たおれるfor a government or regime to fall
長ちょう期き政せい権けんがついに倒たおれた。
The long-standing regime finally fell.

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戦せん場じょうで倒たおれるto fall (die) on the battlefield
多おおくの兵へい士しが戦せん場じょうで倒たおれた。
Many soldiers fell on the battlefield.
過か労ろうで倒たおれるto collapse from overwork
彼かれは過か労ろうで倒たおれて、病びょう院いんに運はこばれた。
He collapsed from overwork and was taken to the hospital.

Expressions

孔く子じの倒たおれanyone can make a mistake; even Homer nods
凶きょう弾だんに倒たおれるbe shot dead by an assassin; fall to an assassin's bullet
後うしろに倒たおれるfall backward
後うしろざまに倒たおれるfall backward
才さい子し、才さいに倒たおれるtalented people are ruined by their own talent

Kanji

倒overthrow, fall, collapse
斃kill, die violent death
仆fall, lie down, bend
殪die, bury

Transitive / intransitive

倒たおすN3
倒す is the transitive counterpart meaning 'to knock down' or 'to defeat', while 倒れる is intransitive, describing the thing itself falling.

Related words· 11

崩くずれるN3sense 2
崩れる describes a slower, disintegrating collapse of structures or abstract things, while 倒れる is used for a sudden fall or collapse.
死しぬN5sense 4
死ぬ is the plain, everyday word for 'to die', whereas 倒れる in this sense is literary and dramatic, often used for death in battle.
潰つぶれるN3sense 5
潰れる specifically means a business or structure gets crushed or ruined, while 倒れる more broadly covers going bankrupt or collapsing.
敗やぶれるN2sense 6
敗れる is the more formal, literary word for losing a match or contest, while 倒れる carries the same sense but is slightly more casual.

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ひっくり返かえるN3
倒れる is the general verb for falling down, including collapsing from illness or fainting, while ひっくり返る specifically emphasizes flipping over or landing on one's back.
ダウンN1
倒れる is a native verb meaning to collapse or fall ill, while ダウン(する) is the casual loanword used the same way for illness, exhaustion, or drink.
転ころがるN2
倒れる focuses on falling down from an upright position, often implying collapse, while 転がる includes the rolling or tumbling motion after falling.
転てん倒とう
倒れる is the common, general verb for falling or collapsing, while 転倒 is a more formal noun/verb emphasizing tumbling or toppling over.
のめる
倒れる means to fall down or collapse in any direction, while のめる specifically describes pitching forward, often while still catching oneself.
転ころぶN3
倒れる describes a person or large object collapsing from an upright position, whereas 転ぶ is about tripping and hitting the ground, often from a stumble.
倒とう壊かい
倒れる is the general intransitive verb for anything falling over (people, trees, objects), while 倒壊 is a more formal noun/suru-verb used specifically for structural collapse.

Opposites

立たつN5sense 1
立つ means to stand upright, the direct opposite of 倒れる's sense of falling over.
起おき上あがるN1
倒れる means to fall down or collapse, the opposite motion of 起き上がる rising back up.

Don't confuse with

疲つかれるN5sense 3
疲れる means simply to get tired, while 倒れる implies actually collapsing or becoming bedridden from exhaustion or illness.

Word family· 15

共とも倒だおれ
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
倒たおれ込こむ
collapse into; flop onto; fall heavily into
食くい倒だおれ
ruining oneself through food extravagance
行いき倒だおれ
collapsing in the street; person dead in the street
倒たおれ
collapse; falling down; death · bad debt; uncollectible loan

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位くらい倒だおれ
inability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league
着き倒だおれ
spending all one's money on clothes; ruining oneself through extravagant clothing
倒たおれ伏ふす
fall flat; fall face down
掛かけ倒だおれ
loss on a credit sale; bad debt from credit sales
看かん板ばん倒だおれ
ostentatious; showy; all show and no substance
貸かし倒だおれ
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
ぶっ倒たおれる
collapse; fall down in a heap
伏ふし倒たおれる
fall down; collapse forward
倒たおれ掛かかる
topple and lean; fall against and lean · be on the verge of collapse; about to fall

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Written forms

倒たおれるUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
たおれるUsage5%
斃たおれるUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Rare kanji form occasionally used for the 'die' sense.
仆たおれるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Rare kanji form occasionally used for the 'die' sense.
殪たおれるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Extremely rare kanji form; included for search coverage.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 倒る (たおる) in classical Japanese, which already carried the meaning of falling or collapsing. The modern form 倒れる developed as an intransitive ichidan verb. The kanji 倒 combines 人 (person) and 到 (arrive), suggesting a person arriving at a fallen state.