七転び八起き

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なな
Grade: 1
ころ
Grade: 3

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
七轉び八起き (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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(なな)(ころ)()() (nana korobi ya oki

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

Derived terms

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References

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