倒れる

• 読み: たおれる
• ローマ字: taoreru
• 漢字の分解: 倒 (tou/tao) — fall, collapse, overthrow
• 発音: /ta.o.ɾe.ɾɯ/

意味

To fall down; to collapse; to break down. Describes something or someone falling over or collapsing.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb. The transitive pair is 倒す (taosu, to knock down). Used for trees falling, people fainting or collapsing from illness or exhaustion, buildings falling, and businesses going bankrupt. A serious word often heard in news and medical contexts.

例文

1. 台風で大きな木が倒れました。
2. 祖父が急に倒れて病院に運ばれた。
3. 働きすぎて倒れないように休んでください。

使い方ガイド

場面: health, disasters, news

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

The kanji 倒 combines 亻 (person) with 到 (arrive, reach). Originally described a person falling to the ground — arriving at the earth.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal