Word Meaning かけ声倒れ

かけごえだおれ kakegoedaore

かけ声倒れ is read as かけごえだおれ (kakegoedaore) and means starting with vigor but ending with no action.

Meaning

English

  1. starting with vigor but ending with no action
  2. raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action
  3. mere sloganeering

Reading

Kana

かけごえだおれ

Romaji

kakegoedaore

Writing Variants

  • 掛け声だおれ かけごえだおれ kakegoedaore
  • 掛け声倒れ かけごえだおれ kakegoedaore

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 128034 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

共倒れ

ともだおれ

falling together

倒れ

たおれ

bad debt

貸し倒れ

かしだおれ

bad debt

行倒れ

いきだおれ

collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.)

大阪の食い倒れ

おおさかのくいだおれ

financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka)

京の着倒れ

きょうのきだおれ

financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto)

音声

おんせい

sound (e.g. of a TV)

歌声

かせい

singing voice

声明

せいめい

declaration

こえ

sound

大声

おおごえ

loud voice

倒産

とうさん

(corporate) bankruptcy