Vocab Info

N4 う-verb

(ころ)

to fall down, to fall over, to turn out, to play out, to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize, to roll, to tumble, (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

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    • Word Type

      う-verb

    • 単語の書類

      五段動詞

    Examples

    • 階段(かいだん)(ころ)んで右足(みぎあし)()ってしまった。

      I fell on the stairs and broke my right leg.

      • N4
    • (わたし)としてはどちらに(ころ)んで大丈夫(だいじょうぶ)です。

      As for me, I am fine no matter how it turns out.

      • N4
    • 監視(かんし)(いん)(ころ)といけないのでプールサイドで(はし)らないでください!」

      Lifeguard: 'Please don't run by the pool in case you fall!'

      • N4
    • どう(ころ)んでも(わたし)には(すこ)しもこのゲームで()見込(みこ)みが()いようだ…。

      Even if you fall down, I don't seem to have the slightest chance of winning this game...

      • N3
    • 医者(いしゃ)(ころ)んだ(とき)(すこ)しでも(あたま)()(どころ)がこれ以上(いじょう)(わる)かったら(たす)かりませんでしたよ。」

      Doctor: 'If your head had been hit any worse when you fell, you wouldn't have survived.'

      • N3
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