七転び八起き
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |||
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七 | 転 | 八 | 起 |
なな Grade: 1 |
ころ Grade: 3 |
や Grade: 1 |
お Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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七轉び八起き (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Literally “seven times falling down, eight times rising up”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Idiom
[edit]- not giving up until succeeding
- the ups and downs of life
Derived terms
[edit]- 七転八起 (shichiten hakki)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 七 read as なな
- Japanese terms spelled with 転 read as ころ
- Japanese terms spelled with 八 read as や
- Japanese terms spelled with 起 read as お
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese idioms
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 4 kanji