Taosu

JLPT N3

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倒す (Taosu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to throw down, to bring down, to blow down, to fell”.

Meanings

  1. godan verb, transitive verbto throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto kill; to defeat; to beatocc. written as 斃す, 殪す, 仆す
  3. godan verb, transitive verbto overthrow; to trip up; to ruin
  4. godan verb, transitive verbto leave unpaid; to cheat
  5. auxiliary verb, godan verbto do completely; to do thoroughly; to do to the fullestafter the -masu stem of verb

Examples

  • Down with the Cabinet!

  • The government was overthrown.

  • The tree was blown down.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 倒す

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