Keyword
collapse
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1055
Readings
たお
(59%)
どう
(19%)
とう
(15%)
ど
(3%)
だお
(1%)
Composed of
thin person
arrival
Mnemonic

The arrival of a really thin person at one of those competitive eating events doesn't spell anything good... He'll probably collapse to the floor after eating his first hamburger.

Used in vocabulary (239 in total)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to care for someone; to look after someone
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
destruction; collapse; crumbling
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to collapse; to flop (onto)
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
to fall flat; to fall face down
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to knock down; to defeat
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
fainting; swooning
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
falling over; toppling sideways
to care for someone; to look after someone
to knock down; to knock out
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to knock down; to bring down
fallen tree
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
taking care of someone
to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to put someone to trouble
perversion; inversion
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to kick over; to kick down
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to push down; to knock down
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
perverse; perverted; twisted; inverted
showy but worthless; impressive-looking but without substance; all show and no substance; not as good as it looks; deceptive
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
domino toppling
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
oshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down; (win by) knocking down opponent by pushing him with hand(s) rested on his body
overthrow of the shogunate
to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
falling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
knocking an opponent over while holding his belt
showy but worthless; impressive-looking but without substance; all show and no substance; not as good as it looks; deceptive
to knock down
impossible to knock over; unbeatable; indestructible
being very surprised; being utterly astonished; being shocked
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
postponement; moving back
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole
collapse; collapsing; death; bad debt
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
very troublesome; extremely bothersome; awfully complicated; tedious and annoying
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
to fall flat; to fall face down
to put someone to trouble
to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who does not like to make an effort
to be shot dead by an assassin
falling over; toppling sideways
to knock down
inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
to knock down; to defeat
to throw a person down
pushing down (one's opponent) by leaning on (him)
without getting annoyed; without being bothered; diligently; properly; carefully
thrusting down one's opponent either inside or outside the ring
very troublesome; extremely bothersome; awfully complicated; tedious and annoying
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
to knock down; to knock out
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
inverse; reverse
to fall flat; to fall face down
chain-reaction bankruptcy; chain bankruptcy
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
reverse chronological order
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
extreme excitement; sidesplitting laughter
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
to lose one's presence of mind; to lose one's head; to be thrown off balance; to get upset; to be bewildered; to be flustered
destruction; collapse; crumbling
movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century)
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who does not like to make an effort
troublesome; bothersome
to bilk; to eat up one's fortune
lodging (of cereals)
turning upside down; inversion
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
overthrow of government
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
(hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself
doing someone a disservice by showing too much partiality; overly favouring someone to their detriment
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
cognitive distortion
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to push down; to knock down
to skip out on one's bar bill; to drink oneself to ruin; to drink everything vigorously; to get wasted
to evade payment
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain
hanging (someone) upside down
to knock down
business insolvency due to liquidity problems
falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down
dying by the wayside
doing someone a disservice by showing too much partiality; overly favouring someone to their detriment
starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action; mere sloganeering
watch your step; slippery floor
inverted-type (e.g. shock-absorber)
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
to stare someone down; to outstare
thrusting down one's opponent either inside or outside the ring
to care for someone; to look after someone
rush; flood; deluge
to knock down; to bring down
sexual disorder (e.g. pedophilia, sadism); paraphilia
to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road
transvestism; cross-dressing
turning upside-down
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
falling suddenly
falling due to a strong wind; being toppled by the wind
starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action; mere sloganeering
inverted sentence
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
using up one's fortune on fine clothes
financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto)
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
tumbler; self-righting doll
to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
inverted word; verlan
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer nods
cognitive distortion
self-interested show of kindness; acting selfishly under the guise of kindness
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
to roll about with laughter; to laugh heartily
postponement; moving back
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who does not like to make an effort
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who does not like to make an effort
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to fall; to die; to be defeated
to care for someone; to look after someone
to skip out on one's bar bill; to drink oneself to ruin; to drink everything vigorously; to get wasted
to stare someone down; to outstare
child dying before parents; occurrence out of sequence; wrong order
duty ends only in death
to make love
inability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league
reading Chinese in the Japanese order
inverted image
technical knockout; TKO
loss on a credit sale
arm-barring force down
financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka)
talented men are ruined by their own talent
talented men are ruined by their own talent
to knock down; to knock over
to knock down; to knock over
uncollectable accounts; bad debt
uncollectable accounts; bad debt
uncollectable accounts; bad debt
tree blown down by the wind
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
trying to help one's master but instead ending up hurting him
harming one's master; causing trouble to one's master
disorder; chaos; inversion
disorder; chaos; inversion
to wrench someone down to the ground
sudaoshi (type of game)
Examples (155 in total)
Looks like that tree is going to fall down!
The house was on the verge of collapse.
The man fell down on the ground.