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転ころび
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)
Kanji used
転
roll around
Pitch accent
こ
ろび
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian
fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself
falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest
former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian
dozing
former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)
former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)
lie-down bath (in a bathhouse or hot spring)