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

  1. the vicissitudes of life
  2. ups and downs in life
  3. not giving up
  4. keeping at it until one succeeds
  5. 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 101882 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

起承転結

きしょうてんけつ

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

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)