なな
七
ころ
転
　
び
や
八
お
起
　
き

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. not giving up, keeping at it until one succeeds, falling seven times, getting up eight.

noun

Idiomatic expression.
  1. the vicissitudes of life, the ups and downs of life.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
なな
七
ころ
転
　
び
や
八
お
起
　
き
 七転び八起き ななころびやおき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

seven
なな　シチ　なの (1st, N5)
revolve, turn around, change
テン　ころ.がる　うたた (3rd, N4)
car
シャ　くるま　くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る　コウ　わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
say
ウン　い.う　ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
rouse, wake up, get up
お.きる　キ　おこ.す (3rd, N4)
run
はし.る　ソウ　はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
self
コ　おのれ　キ (6th, N1)