倒す

Japanese
Kanji in this term
倒
たお
Grade: S

Pronunciation

Verb

倒す (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana たおす, rōmaji taosu, historical hiragana たふす)

Japanese verb pair
active 倒す
mediopassive 倒れる
  1. fell; throw down; knock down; cause something upright to become horizontal
  2. kill
  3. defeat
  4. overthrow
  5. avoid paying (a debt)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "倒す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 倒さ たおさ taosa
Continuative (連用形) 倒し たおし taoshi
Terminal (終止形) 倒す たおす taosu
Attributive (連体形) 倒す たおす taosu
Hypothetical (仮定形) 倒せ たおせ taose
Imperative (命令形) 倒せ たおせ taose
Key constructions
Passive 倒される たおされる taosareru
Causative 倒させる
倒さす		 たおさせる
たおさす		 taosaseru
taosasu
Potential 倒せる たおせる taoseru
Volitional 倒そう たおそう taosō
Negative 倒さない たおさない taosanai
Negative continuative 倒さず たおさず taosazu
Formal 倒します たおします taoshimasu
Perfective 倒した たおした taoshita
Conjunctive 倒して たおして taoshite
Hypothetical conditional 倒せば たおせば taoseba
Classical conjugation of "倒す" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 倒さたふさtafusa
Continuative (連用形) 倒したふしtafusi
Terminal (終止形) 倒すたふすtafusu
Attributive (連体形) 倒すたふすtafusu
Realis (已然形) 倒せたふせtafuse
Imperative (命令形) 倒せたふせtafuse
Key constructions
Negative 倒さずたふさずtafusazu
Contrasting conjunction 倒せどたふせどtafusedo
Causal conjunction 倒せばたふせばtafuseba
Conditional conjunction 倒さばたふさばtafusaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 倒しきたふしきtafusiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 倒しけりたふしけりtafusikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 倒しつたふしつtafusitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 倒しぬたふしぬtafusinu
Perfect-continuative tense 倒せり
倒したり		たふせり
たふしたり		tafuseri
tafusitari

References
  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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