1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

   1.

   to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple

2. 2.

   to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble

3. 3.

   to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork)

Example sentences

• 暑さで倒れるランナーが多かった。

  Many runners passed out in the heat.

• 私は通りで老人があお向けに倒れるのを見た。

  I saw an old man fall on his back in the street.