七転び八起き

ななころびやおき しちてんはっき

the vicissitudes of life, ups and downs in life, always rising after a fall or repeated failures

転倒

てんとう

falling down, tumbling, overturning, turning over

七面倒

しちめんどう

great trouble, difficulty

転倒･転落

てんとう･てんらく

Accidental Falls

七難八苦

しちなんはっく

a series of disasters

七花八裂

しちかはちれつ

being torn to pieces

本末転倒

ほんまつてんとう

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of), putting the cart before the horse, mistaking the cause for the end, mistaking the insignificant for the essential, getting one's priorities backwards

主客転倒

しゅかくてんとう しゅきゃくてんとう

reversing the order of (relative) importance (of), putting the cart before the horse, the tables being turned, mistaking the insignificant for the essential, mistaking the means for the end

冠履転倒

かんりてんとう

disorder; chaos; inversion

転倒注意

てんとうちゅうい

watch your step, slippery floor

七面倒くさい

しちめんどうくさい

extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious

七七日

しちしちにち なななぬか なななのか ななななにち

49th day after death

転倒防止用品

てんとうぼうしようひん

Fall prevention equipment

気が転倒する

きがてんとうする

to be upset, to be flurried, to be frightened (out of one's wits)

八八

two eights

七

チー しち なな な

seven

八八花

はちはちばな

standard hanafuda pattern (orig. used to play hachi-hachi)

八

はち や

eight; eighth

明治二十七八年戦役

めいじにじゅうしちはちねんせんえき

Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)