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I saw this phrase in my counselor's office....I didn't get to write what English translation that was on the plaque...

七転び八起き

posted by KenjiSama August 11, 2015 at 12:38pm

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HanaJun
Literally it means seven times fall, eight times rise again. Something like don't give up?
August 11, 2015 at 8:35pm
mog86uk
It's a 諺 (ことわざ). There was a song released only a few weeks ago with that exact name, which was translated as "Ups and Downs":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCfwA8U87QM
But it doesn't sound like what you saw in that place was a poster of a Hello Project girl group? ^^

I think the literal meaning of that proverb is something like:

"fall down 7 times, get up 8 times"
七 (なな) 転び (ころび)　八 (や) 起き (おき)
August 11, 2015 at 8:37pm
mog86uk
@HanaJun, You beat me to it. Funny that we both posted around the same time when nobody replied for 8 hours, lol. :D
August 11, 2015 at 8:40pm
HanaJun
haha, maybe we both just login around the same time
August 12, 2015 at 11:09pm