Kanji
Readingとう
Frequency15%
Used in (66 in total)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
swoon; faint
destruction; collapse; crumbling
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
fainting; swooning
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
perversion; inversion
fallen tree
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
overthrow of the shogunate
tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
being very surprised; being utterly astonished; being shocked
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe
extreme excitement; sidesplitting laughter
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
reverse chronological order
movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century)
chain-reaction bankruptcy; chain bankruptcy
turning upside down; placing nonessentials before essentials
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 be upset; to be flurried; to be frightened (out of one's wits)
falling down
overthrow of government
hanging (someone) upside down
dying by the wayside
business insolvency due to liquidity problems
inverted-type (e.g. shock-absorber)
watch your step; slippery floor
transvestism; cross-dressing
turning upside-down
sexual disorder (e.g. pedophilia, sadism); paraphilia
inverted word; verlan
tumbler; self-righting doll
falling due to a strong wind; being toppled by the wind
inverted sentence
falling suddenly
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
tree blown down by the wind
inverted image
technical knockout (boxing); TKO
reading Chinese in the Japanese order