七転び八起き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七	転	八	起
なな Grade: 1	ころ Grade: 3	や Grade: 1	お Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
七轉び八起き (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally “seven times falling down, eight times rising up”.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ななころび [nàná kóꜜròbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠na̠ ko̞ɾo̞bʲi]

(Tokyo) やおき [yáꜜ òkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ja̠ o̞kʲi]

Idiom

七(なな)転(ころ)び八(や)起(お)き • (nana korobi ya oki)

not giving up until succeeding
the ups and downs of life

Derived terms

七(しち)転(てん)八(はっ)起(き) (shichiten hakki)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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