転ぶ

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Hachijō

Kanji in this term
転
ころ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
轉ぶ (kyūjitai)

Verb

転(ころ)ぶ (korobu) intransitive

  1. to die
    Synonym: まるぶ (marubu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
転
ころ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
轉ぶ (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「転ぶ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		転ぶ ころぶ
Imperative (命令形) 転べ ころべ
Key constructions
Passive 転ばれる ころばれる
Causative 転ばせる ころばせる
Potential 転べる ころべる
Volitional 転ぼう ころぼー
Negative 転ばない ころばない
Negative perfective 転ばなかった ころばなかった
Formal 転びます ころびます
Perfective 転んだ ころんだ
Conjunctive 転んで ころんで
Hypothetical conditional 転べば ころべば

Verb

転(ころ)ぶ • (korobu) intransitive godan (stem 転(ころ)び (korobi), past 転(ころ)んだ (koronda))

  1. to fall down
  2. to fall morally or metaphysically
    彼(かれ)は金(かね)につれて敵方(てきがた)に転(ころ)んだ。
    Kare wa kane ni tsurete tekigata ni koronda.
    He was enticed by money and went over to the enemy.
    どっちに転(ころ)んでも損(そん)はない。
    Dotchi ni koronde mo son wa nai.
    No matter what, we have nothing to lose.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "転ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 転ば ころば koroba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 転び ころび korobi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 転ぶ ころぶ korobu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 転ぶ ころぶ korobu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 転べ ころべ korobe
Meireikei ("imperative") 転べ ころべ korobe
Key constructions
Passive 転ばれる ころばれる korobareru
Causative 転ばせる
転ばす 		ころばせる
ころばす 		korobaseru
korobasu
Potential 転べる ころべる koroberu
Volitional 転ぼう ころぼう korobō
Negative 転ばない ころばない korobanai
Negative continuative 転ばず ころばず korobazu
Formal 転びます ころびます korobimasu
Perfective 転んだ ころんだ koronda
Conjunctive 転んで ころんで koronde
Hypothetical conditional 転べば ころべば korobeba

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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