転び寝

ころびね

dozing

転びキリシタン

former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian

転び芸者

ころびげいしゃ

fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself

転び公妨

ころびこうぼう

falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest

転び伴天連

ころびバテレン

former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)

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

こけつ転びつ

こけつまろびつ

(hurrying along) falling and stumbling, falling all over oneself

後転跳び

こうてんとび

back handspring (gymnastics)

前転跳び

ぜんてんとび

forward handspring (gymnastics)

菊びら回転

きくびらかいてん

prostitution in which anal sex services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")

花びら回転

はなびらかいてん

prostitution in which services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")

酒気帯び運転

しゅきおびうんてん

drunk driving

転

てん くるり うたた うたて

turning around (once)

二転三転

にてんさんてん

change again and again, seesaw back and forth, being in a state of flux, backtracking repeatedly

転倒･転落

てんとう･てんらく

Accidental Falls

転出

てんしゅつ

moving out, transfer

転封

てんぽう

forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

後転

こうてん

backward somersault, backward roll

配転

はいてん

reshuffling, job rotation