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    3. 転ぶ

    転ぶ

    転ころぶ​

    to fall down

    N3KMT9News #35+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab17 strokes

    ころぶまろぶ

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to fall down, to fall over
    2.
    to turn out, to play out
    3.
    to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize
    4.
    to roll, to tumble
    5.
    (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    道みちで転ころんで膝ひざを擦すりむいた。

    I fell down on the road and scraped my knee.

    KMT4Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    子こ供どもが公こう園えんで走 り回まわっていて、何なん度ども転ころんでいた。

    The child was running around in the park and fell many times.

    KMT8Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    雪ゆき道みちで滑すべって転ころばないように気きをつけてください。

    Please be careful not to slip and fall on the snowy road.

    KMT9Daily LifeWeather & Geography
    どんなに困こん難なんな状じょう況きょうでも、決けっして希き望ぼうを捨すてて転ころぶな。

    No matter how difficult the situation, never give up hope and fall.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    酔よっ払ぱらいが道みち端ばたで転ころんで寝ねていた。

    A drunk person had fallen down on the roadside and was sleeping.

    KMT9Daily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    転
    ころ.がる・ころ.げる・ころ.がす・ころ.ぶ・まろ.ぶ・うたた…(3)
    revolve・turn around・change
    Kanji
    ぶ
    bu
    Kana
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