転ぶ (Korobu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to fall down, to fall over, to turn out, to play out”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto fall down; to fall over
- godan verb, intransitive verbto turn out; to play outoft. as どう転んでも
- godan verb, intransitive verbto abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatizein early Japanese Christianity
- godan verb, intransitive verbto roll; to tumble
- godan verb, intransitive verb(for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
Examples
転ばぬ先の杖。
Forewarned is forearmed.
赤ん坊はよく転ぶ。
Babies often fall down.
私は氷の上で転んだ。
I fell down on the ice.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).