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There are 14 total results for your 転び search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

転び

see styles
 korobi
    ころび
(1) falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground; (2) failure; failing; (3) renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy; (4) batter (construction technique)

転び寝

see styles
 korobine
    ころびね
dozing

転び公妨

see styles
 korobikoubou / korobikobo
    ころびこうぼう
(See 公妨) falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest

石転ビ沢

see styles
 ishikorobizawa
    いしころびざわ
(place-name) Ishikorobizawa

こけつ転びつ

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 koketsumarobitsu
    こけつまろびつ
(exp,adv) (kana only) (hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself

七転び八起き

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 nanakorobiyaoki
    ななころびやおき
(n,vs,vi) (1) (idiom) not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight; (2) (idiom) the vicissitudes of life; the ups and downs of life

倒けつ転びつ

see styles
 koketsumarobitsu
    こけつまろびつ
(exp,adv) (kana only) (hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself

Variations:
転び芸者
ころび芸者

see styles
 korobigeisha / korobigesha
    ころびげいしゃ
fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself

Variations:
寝ころび湯
寝転び湯

see styles
 nekorobiyu
    ねころびゆ
(See 寝湯) lie-down bath (in a bathhouse or hot spring)

Variations:
転び伴天連
転びバテレン

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 korobibateren
    ころびバテレン
(See バテレン・1) former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)

Variations:
転びキリシタン
転び切支丹

see styles
 korobikirishitan
    ころびキリシタン
former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian

Variations:
こけつ転びつ
倒けつ転びつ

see styles
 koketsumarobitsu
    こけつまろびつ
(exp,adv) (kana only) (hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself

Variations:
七転び八起き
七転八起
七顛八起

see styles
 nanakorobiyaoki(七転bi八起ki, 七転八起); shichitenhakki(七転八起, 七顛八起)
    ななころびやおき(七転び八起き, 七転八起); しちてんはっき(七転八起, 七顛八起)
(noun/participle) (1) (idiom) not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times; (2) (idiom) the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life

Variations:
七転び八起き
七転八起
七顛八起(rK)

see styles
 nanakorobiyaoki(七転bi八起ki, 七転八起); shichitenhakki(七転八起, 七顛八起)
    ななころびやおき(七転び八起き, 七転八起); しちてんはっき(七転八起, 七顛八起)
(n,vs,vi) (1) (idiom) (yoji) not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times; (2) (idiom) (yoji) the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life
This page contains 14 results for "転び" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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