Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese living room, a child deliberately pushes the first of several tall wooden blocks with one fingertip. That block is tipping through the air toward the next, while two farther along still stand upright and an earlier practice row lies flat nearby.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

倒たおす

taosu

to knock down, to tip over

It can also mean to recline a seat. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. シート横よこにあるノブを前まえに動うごかし、シートを倒たおします。

    Move the knob at the side of the seat forwards, collapse the seat.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そのボクサーは第だい１ラウンドで相手あいてを倒たおすつもりだと言いった。

    The boxer said he would knock down his opponent in the first round.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 多おおくの木きが台風たいふうで倒たおされた。

    Many a tree was blown down by the typhoon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 倒

  • 倒overthrow; fallOnトウKunたおれる・たおす・さかさま

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