倒れる

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 台風で古い木が倒れました。▶ —
   An old tree fell in the typhoon.
2. 祖父は病気で倒れて入院しました。▶ —
   My grandfather collapsed from illness and was hospitalized.

Collocations

Mnemonic

倒れる taoreru — the intransitive partner of 倒す (to knock down). Something falls on its own, with no agent: 木が倒れる (a tree falls). It also describes a person suddenly collapsing, as in 病気で倒れる (to collapse from illness). It often appears with 台風 (typhoon, K-80) in disaster contexts.

Quick check

1. When 病気で倒れる is used of a person, what does it mean?

   • to collapse from illness
   • to recover from illness
   • to build a hospital
   • to spread a disease