ころぶ

転 ぶ

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    to fall down, to fall over

    • 転んで手首を痛めました。
      I fell down and hurt my wrist.

  2. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    to turn out, to play out
    oft. as どう転んでも

  3. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize
    in early Japanese Christianity

  4. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    to roll, to tumble

  5. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
    archaic