七転び八起き

ななころびやおきnanakorobiyaoki

noun · suru verb · intransitive

  1. not giving up
  2. keeping at it until one succeeds
  3. falling seven times, getting up eight
  4. the vicissitudes of life
  5. the ups and downs of life

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