転ぶ

ころぶ

Also written まろぶ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to fall down; to fall over
2. to turn out; to play out (oft. as どう転んでも)
3. to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize (in early Japanese Christianity)
4. to roll; to tumble See also: 転がる (ころがる).
5. (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

Kanji

• 転 turn. Read as ころぶ.

Example sentences

• 気を付けないと凍った階段で滑って転ぶよ。
  If you're not careful, you might slip and fall on the icy steps.
• 鎧をつけている人は、転ぶと大きな音がする。
  He who wears armor falls with a big crash!
• ぬかるんだ道で足を取られて、転びそうになった。
  My feet started sticking in the muddy street. I nearly fell down.
• どっちに転んでも君の負けだよ。
  Heads I win, tails you lose.
• どちらに転ぶか、微妙なところです。
  It's touch and go.

Common phrases

• どちらに転ぶ

Words containing 転ぶ

• 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.

Word lists

• JLPT N3
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