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ころぶ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぶ, intransitive)
1. to fall down; to fall over
2. to turn out; to play out
oft. as どう転んでも
when read as "ころぶ"
3. to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
in early Japanese Christianity
when read as "ころぶ"
4. to roll; to tumble
5. (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
Alt. forms
転ころぶ
93%
ころぶ
3%
まろぶ
2%
Pitch accent
こ
ろぶ
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Conjugations...Used in: 295
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
to lie down; to throw oneself down
Examples (19 in total)
Babies often fall down.
The old woman got hurt when she fell.
I took good care that I did not fall.
I fell down on the ice.
I slipped and fell on the icy sidewalk.
Tom fell off his bicycle and injured himself.
I tripped over a stone and fell to the ground.
The clown fell down on purpose.
He fell, twisting his ankle.
Tom cut his hand when he fell.
I fell off my bike and scraped my knee.
He scraped his knee in a fall.
He hurt his hand when he fell.
When I fell off my bicycle, I couldn't get up for a few minutes.
He hurt his left foot when he fell.
3 years ago, Tom fell down the stairs and broke his bones.
He fell down on the ice and hurt his leg.
He fell down on the ice and broke his arm.
He fell and broke his arm while he was skiing.