THE WORD · N4
倒れる
fall; collapse
Verbe · Group 2 verb
その木は今にも倒れそうだった。
The tree was ready to fall at any time.
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Parts of speech
Group 2 verb (ichidan) · Intransitive
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Verb group: Group 2 (ichidan)
Verb usage: intransit
English dictionary meanings
- to fall (over, down)
- to collapse
- to take a fall
- to topple
- to be destroyed (in a collapse)
- to cave in
- to crumble
- to give away
- to be confined to bed (with an illness)
- to come down with
- to break down (e.g. from overwork)
- to die
- to be killed
- to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.)
- to fail
- to go under
- to be defeated (in a game)
- to lose
- to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.)
- to be overthrown