七転び八起き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七 転 八 起
なな
Grade: 1 		ころ
Grade: 3 		や
Grade: 1 		お
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
七轉び八起き (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally “seven times falling down, eight times rising up”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ななころび [nàná kóꜜròbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠na̠ ko̞ɾo̞bʲi]

Idiom

七(なな)転(ころ)び八(や)起(お)き • (nana korobi ya oki) 

  1. not giving up until succeeding
  2. the ups and downs of life

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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