ころび
Meanings
Noun
1. falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground
2. failure; failing
3. renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
4. batter (construction technique)
Pitch accent
ろび
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself
fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself
former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian
falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest
lie-down bath (in a bathhouse or hot spring)
former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)
lie-down bath (in a bathhouse or hot spring)