Word Meaning 転んでも只では起きない

ころんでもただではおきない korondemotadadehaokinai

転んでも只では起きない is read as ころんでもただではおきない (korondemotadadehaokinai) and means all's grist that comes to his mill.

Meaning

English

all's grist that comes to his mill
turn everything to good account
turn anything to profit

Reading

Kana

ころんでもただではおきない

Romaji

korondemotadadehaokinai

Writing Variants

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 korondemotadadehaokinai

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 49 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 126837 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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転んでも只は起きない

ころんでもただはおきない

all's grist that comes to his mill

転んでも只では起きぬ

ころんでもただではおきぬ

all's grist that comes to his mill

転んでも只は起きぬ

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)

七転八起

しちてんはっき

the vicissitudes of life

転覆

てんぷく

overthrow (e.g. of a government)

転嫁

てんか

second marriage

転載

てんさい

reprinting

転出証明

てんしゅつしょうめい

change of address certificate

転義

てんぎ

transferred meaning

転び伴天連

ころびばてれん

former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)

転筋

てんきん

cramp in the calf