転び
ころび
Meanings
- Noun falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground
- failure; failing
- renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
- batter (construction technique)
Kanji
- 転 turn. Read as ころぶ.
Example sentences
- 七転び八起き。
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Words containing 転び
- 七転び八起き (ななころびやおき) not giving up
- 転び寝 (ころびね) dozing
- 転び公妨 (ころびこうぼう) falsely provoked arrest for obstruction
And 3 more.