押し倒す・押倒す・押したおす|おしたおすoshitaosu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
押し倒す押し倒す is the most common written form. It uses a mixture of kanji and kana and can describe pinning or knocking someone down, including contexts with sexual connotations.
押倒す押倒す is less common than 押し倒す. It is another mixed kanji-and-kana written form for the same verb and may appear as an alternative spelling.
押したおす押したおす is less common than 押倒す and 押し倒す. It is also written with a mixture of kanji and kana and represents the same verb.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)彼は車に押し倒された。↗He was knocked over by the car.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 押し倒す（おしたおす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 押し倒します（おしたおします） |
| Negative (nai) | 押し倒さない（おしたおさない） |
| polite (masen) | 押し倒しません（おしたおしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 押し倒さず・押し倒さぬ（おしたおさず・おしたおさぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 押し倒した（おしたおした） |
| polite (mashita) | 押し倒しました（おしたおしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 押し倒さなかった（おしたおさなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 押し倒しませんでした（おしたおしませんでした） |
| Te form | 押し倒して（おしたおして） |
| Potential | 押し倒せる（おしたおせる） |
| Passive | 押し倒される（おしたおされる） |
| Causative | 押し倒させる（おしたおさせる） |
| Causative passive | 押し倒させられる（おしたおさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 押し倒せば（おしたおせば） |
| tara | 押し倒したら（おしたおしたら） |
| Volitional | 押し倒そう（おしたおそう） |
| polite (mashou) | 押し倒しましょう（おしたおしましょう） |
| Imperative | 押し倒せ（おしたおせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related打ちのめすうちのめすWrittenWritten/formal prose. Beating someone so they cannot get up, or dealing a crushing emotional blow; 「押し倒す」 is just pushing down and pinning.
- Related叩き伏せるたたきふせるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Suggests felling someone by force or utterly defeating them; more violent than 「押し倒す」, which is about pushing down and pinning.
- Related殴り倒すなぐりたおすNeutralNeutral. Felling someone with punches — knocking them to the ground by striking; more violent than 「押し倒す」, which needs no blows.
- Relatedぶっ倒すぶったおすCasualColloquial. A rough, forceful way to say you knock an opponent down; blunter and coarser than 「押し倒す」.
- Related叩きのめすたたきのめすWrittenWritten/formal prose. Hitting someone again and again until they cannot stand; 「押し倒す」 involves no repeated blows.
- Related張り倒すはりたおすCasualColloquial. Felling someone with a hard slap of the open hand; unlike 「押し倒す」, it involves striking.
- Related突き倒すつきたおすNeutralNeutral. Shoving or bumping into someone to make them fall; it lacks 「押し倒す」's nuance of holding the person down.
- Related引き倒すひきたおすNeutralNeutral. Tugging something down so it falls — the force pulls, opposite in direction to the push of 「押し倒す」.
- Related打ち倒すうちたおすWrittenWritten/formal prose. Knocking an opponent down or beating them, with the focus on winning the contest; 「押し倒す」 just pushes down.
- Antonym起こすおこすNeutralNeutral antonym. Setting a fallen person or lying object back upright — the reverse of pushing someone down with 「押し倒す」.
- Antonym引き起こすひきおこすWrittenWritten/formal prose antonym. Pulling a fallen person or thing back up; the opposite of 「押し倒す」's pushing down.
Use 「押し倒す」 to push a person or thing down and hold it there; it can also carry a sexual nuance. To fell someone by blows, say 「殴り倒す」 or 「打ち倒す」; to shove them over, 「突き倒す」; to pull something down, 「引き倒す」. The opposite is 「起こす」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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