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Learn Hardcore Japanese: korobu - to fall

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 38
/korobu

korobu

Word

転ころぶkorobu

Meaning

to fall

Part of speech

group 1, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of korobu

雨あめ　で　服ふく　が　濡ぬれた　まま　走はしる　と、　転ころびやすい　と　思おもう。ame de fuku ga nureta mama hashiru to, korobiyasui to omou.

I think if you run while your clothes are still wet from the rain, it’s easy to fall.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

駅えき　の　階段かいだん　で　滑すべって　転ころんだ　女おんな　の　人ひと　が　いた　ので、　けが　が　ない　か　心配しんぱいした。eki no kaidan de subette koronda onna no hito ga ita node, kega ga nai ka shinpaishita.

There was a woman who slipped and fell on the station stairs, so I worried about whether she was injured.

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