Word Meaning 七転八倒

しちてんばっとう shichitembattou

七転八倒 is read as しちてんばっとう (shichitembattou) and means tossing oneself about in great pain.

Meaning

English

  1. tossing oneself about in great pain
  2. writhing in agony

Reading

Kana

しちてんばっとう

Romaji

shichitembattou

Writing Variants

  • 七転八倒 しってんばっとう shittembattou
  • 七顛八倒 しちてんばっとう shichitembattou
  • 七顛八倒 しってんばっとう shittembattou
  • 七顚八倒 しちてんばっとう shichitembattou
  • 七顚八倒 しってんばっとう shittembattou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Yojijukugo Rank 102828 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

七転八起

しちてんはっき

the vicissitudes of life

七面倒

しちめんどう

very troublesome

七難八苦

しちなんはっく

a series of disasters

転倒

てんとう

getting upset

本末転倒

ほんまつてんとう

putting the cart before the horse

主客転倒

しゅかくてんとう

reversing the order of (relative) importance (of)

転倒

てんどう

cognitive distortion

七花八裂

しちかはちれつ

being torn to pieces

七面倒臭い

しちめんどうくさい

extremely bothersome

冠履転倒

かんりてんとう

disorder

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)