N2933/1725

転ころがる

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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ころがる

Meanings

to roll, to tumble
to fall over, to roll over
to lie down
to be scattered about, to be lying around
(of a situation or outcome) to change, to turn out
to come easily, to be common, to fall into one's hands, to grow on trees

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Example sentences

ボールが坂道さかみちを転ころがった。

The ball rolled down the slope.

床ゆかに服ふくが転ころがっているので片付かたづけてください。

Please tidy up because clothes are lying scattered on the floor.

自転車じてんしゃに乗のっていた子供こどもが転ころがって怪我けがをした。

The child who was riding a bicycle tumbled and got hurt.

そんなに都合つごうよく仕事しごとが転ころがってくるわけがない。

There's no way a job would conveniently fall into your lap like that.

事態じたいがどちらに転ころがるかは誰だれにも予測よそくできなかった。

No one was able to predict which way the situation would turn out.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)