七転八起
ななころびやおき
nanakorobiyaoki
fall seven times, rise eight
jlpt n4each kanji
this word is read as a whole rather than kanji by kanji, so there is no one reading to give each character. their usual readings are below.
七
seven
onしち shichi
kunなな nanaなな.つ nanatsuなの nano
転
change, revolve, turn around
onてん ten
kunうたた utataうつ.る utsuruくる.めく kurumekuころ.がす korogasu
八
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
onはち hachiはつ hatsu
kunや yaや.つ yatsuやっ.つ yattsuよう yō
起
get up, rouse, wake up
onき ki
kunお.きる okiruお.こす okosuお.こる okoruおこ.す okosu
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