Illustration: On a riverside jogging path in a Japanese neighborhood, an adult runner has slipped on a wet leaf and is landing on their backside. One shoe slides forward, the other knee folds, and both hands reach toward the ground. Their startled expression suggests bruised dignity rather than serious injury.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

転ころぶ

korobu

to fall down

Example sentences

  1. 転ころんで手首てくびを痛いためました。

    I fell down and hurt my wrist.

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  2. 私わたしは氷こおりの上うえで転ころんだ。

    I fell down on the ice.

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  3. 赤あかん坊ぼうはよく転ころぶ。

    Babies often fall down.

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Kanji in 転

  • 転revolve; turn aroundOnテンKunころがる・ころげる・ころがす

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