七転八起
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |||
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七 | 転 | 八 | 起 |
しち Grade: 1 |
てん Grade: 3 |
はち > はっ Grade: 1 |
き Grade: 3 |
goon | kan'on |
Alternative spellings |
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七轉八起 (kyūjitai) 七顛八起 |
Etymology
[edit]Sinified or short form of 七転び八起き (nana korobi ya oki, literally “seven tumbles, eight stand ups”).[1]
“Seven tumbles” commonly refers to “a lot of troubles” while standing up eight times indicates “bear up and keep trying”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proverb
[edit]七転八起 • (shichiten hakki)
- an encouragement to keep going no matter how tough it is
- life has its ups and downs
Descendants
[edit]- → Korean: 칠전팔기(七轉八起) (chiljeonpalgi)
Verb
[edit]七転八起する • (shichiten hakki suru) suru (stem 七転八起し (shichiten hakki shi), past 七転八起した (shichiten hakki shita))
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "七転八起する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 七転八起し | しちてんはっきし | shichiten hakki shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 七転八起し | しちてんはっきし | shichiten hakki shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 七転八起する | しちてんはっきする | shichiten hakki suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 七転八起する | しちてんはっきする | shichiten hakki suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 七転八起すれ | しちてんはっきすれ | shichiten hakki sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 七転八起せよ¹ 七転八起しろ² |
しちてんはっきせよ¹ しちてんはっきしろ² |
shichiten hakki seyo¹ shichiten hakki shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 七転八起される | しちてんはっきされる | shichiten hakki sareru | |
Causative | 七転八起させる 七転八起さす |
しちてんはっきさせる しちてんはっきさす |
shichiten hakki saseru shichiten hakki sasu | |
Potential | 七転八起できる | しちてんはっきできる | shichiten hakki dekiru | |
Volitional | 七転八起しよう | しちてんはっきしよう | shichiten hakki shiyō | |
Negative | 七転八起しない | しちてんはっきしない | shichiten hakki shinai | |
Negative continuative | 七転八起せず | しちてんはっきせず | shichiten hakki sezu | |
Formal | 七転八起します | しちてんはっきします | shichiten hakki shimasu | |
Perfective | 七転八起した | しちてんはっきした | shichiten hakki shita | |
Conjunctive | 七転八起して | しちてんはっきして | shichiten hakki shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 七転八起すれば | しちてんはっきすれば | shichiten hakki sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
See also
[edit]- 七転八倒 (shichitenbattō)
References
[edit]- Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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