Word Meaning 七転び八起き

ななころびやおき nanakorobiyaoki

七転び八起き is read as ななころびやおき (nanakorobiyaoki) and means the vicissitudes of life.

Meaning

English

the vicissitudes of life
ups and downs in life
not giving up
keeping at it until one succeeds
falling seven times, getting up eight times

Reading

Kana

ななころびやおき

Romaji

nanakorobiyaoki

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb ✓ Rank 102042 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

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七転八起

しちてんはっき

the vicissitudes of life

七転八倒

しちてんばっとう

tossing oneself about in great pain

七花八裂

しちかはちれつ

being torn to pieces

七難八苦

しちなんはっく

a series of disasters

七重の膝を八重に折る

ななえのひざをやえにおる

to humbly implore

転んでもただでは起きない

ころんでもただではおきない

all's grist that comes to his mill

転んでもただでは起きぬ

ころんでもただではおきぬ

all's grist that comes to his mill

転んでもただは起きない

ころんでもただはおきない

all's grist that comes to his mill

転んでもただは起きぬ

ころんでもただはおきぬ

all's grist that comes to his mill

起承転結

きしょうてんけつ

introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry)

無くて七癖有って四十八癖

なくてななくせあってしじゅうはっくせ

every person has their eccentricities

明治二十七八年戦役

めいじにじゅうしちはちねんせんえき

Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)

Example Sentences

七転び八起き。

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.