着倒れ きだおれ Meanings Noun using up one's fortune on fine clothes See also: 京の着倒れ (きょうのきだおれ). Kanji 着 arrive. Read as きる. 倒 topple. Read as だおれ. Words containing 着倒れ 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) Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists