追い落とす|おいおとすoiotosu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto oust; to dethrone; to displace (from a position of power)
    彼かれは若わかい人ひとのグループにその職しょくから追い落おいおとされた。↗
    He was edged out of office by a group of younger men.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto drive down (e.g. into a valley); to chase down
  3. godan verb, transitive verbto capture (a castle); to seize (by driving out the garrison)
  4. godan verb, transitive verbto drive away (e.g. from the capital); to exile
  5. godan verb, transitive verbto snatch; to wrest; to waylay
Conjugation
Dictionary form追い落とす(おいおとす)
Polite (masu)追い落とします(おいおとします)
Negative (nai)追い落とさない(おいおとさない)
polite (masen)追い落としません(おいおとしません)
classical zu / nu追い落とさず・追い落とさぬ(おいおとさず・おいおとさぬ)
Past (ta)追い落とした(おいおとした)
polite (mashita)追い落としました(おいおとしました)
Past negative (nakatta)追い落とさなかった(おいおとさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)追い落としませんでした(おいおとしませんでした)
Te form追い落として(おいおとして)
Potential追い落とせる(おいおとせる)
Passive追い落とされる(おいおとされる)
Causative追い落とさせる(おいおとさせる)
Causative passive追い落とさせられる(おいおとさせられる)
Conditional (ba)追い落とせば(おいおとせば)
tara追い落としたら(おいおとしたら)
Volitional追い落とそう(おいおとそう)
polite (mashou)追い落としましょう(おいおとしましょう)
Imperative追い落とせ(おいおとせ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related駆逐くちくWrittenWritten/formal prose for driving out or expelling an opponent; can also mean exterminating, as in 「害虫を駆逐する」.
  • Related撃退げきたいWrittenWritten/formal; means repulsing an enemy that has come attacking — beating them back rather than chasing them down.
  • Related追い払うおいはらうNeutralThe everyday word for driving something off; it centres on shooing away whatever is in the way, while 「追い落とす」 stresses bringing someone down from a high position.
  • Related放逐ほうちくWrittenWritten/formal; centers on banishing or exiling someone — expelling them and sending them away.
  • Related追い散らすおいちらすNeutralScatters people or animals that have gathered, sending them fleeing in all directions; a vivid, scene-setting word, with no sense of ousting someone from power.

Use 「追い落とす」 to bring down someone in a high position, as in 「ライバルを追い落とす」 or 「政権から追い落とす」. For everyday driving away of a nuisance, pick 「追い払う」; to repel an attacking enemy, 「撃退」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 追い払おいはらう。
  2. 城しろを奪い取うばいとる。
  3. 路上ろじょうなどで追い掛おいかけ強奪ごうだつする。
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