だるまさんがころんだ

Japanese

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Alternative spellings
達磨さんが転んだ
だるまさんが転んだ

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [da̠ɾɯ̟ma̠sa̠ŋ ɡa̠ ko̞ɾõ̞nda̠]

Noun

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だるまさんころん (daruma-san ga koronda

  1. daruma-san ga koronda ("Daruma fell over"), a Japanese children's game equivalent to the Western "statues"

Synonyms

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Interjection

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だるまさんころん (daruma-san ga koronda

  1. The 10-syllable interjection used to count down, syllable by syllable, in daruma-san ga koronda