I Love Kanji転ぶ (korobu)
転ぶ (ころぶ, korobu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fall down; to fall over”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ころぶ
- Romaji
- korobu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fall down; to fall over · godan verb, intransitive
- to turn out; to play out · godan verb, intransitive · oft. as どう転んでも
- to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize · godan verb, intransitive · in early Japanese Christianity
- to roll; to tumble · godan verb, intransitive
- (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret · godan verb, intransitive · archaic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 転ぶ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 転ぶ | ころぶ korobu |
| Polite (~masu) | 転びます | ころびます korobimasu |
| Negative | 転ばない | ころばない korobanai |
| Polite negative | 転びません | ころびません korobimasen |
| Past | 転んだ | ころんだ koronda |
| Polite past | 転びました | ころびました korobimashita |
| Negative past | 転ばなかった | ころばなかった korobanakatta |
| Te-form | 転んで | ころんで koronde |
| Potential | 転べる | ころべる koroberu |
| Passive | 転ばれる | ころばれる korobareru |
| Causative | 転ばせる | ころばせる korobaseru |
| Volitional | 転ぼう | ころぼう korobou |
| Imperative | 転べ | ころべ korobe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 転べば | ころべば korobeba |
Kanji in 転ぶ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 転ぶ.
自転車じてんしゃbicycle運転うんてんoperation (of a machine)運転手うんてんしゅdriver転校てんこうchanging schools移転いてんmoving回転かいてんrotation転々てんてんmoving from place to place転がすころがすto roll転がるころがるto roll逆転ぎゃくてんreversal (of a situation)転換てんかんconversion転居てんきょmoving転勤てんきんjob transfer転任てんにんchange of post
Source: JMdict entry 1582130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.