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🎎 CULTURE · 2026-08-03

七ころび 八おき の 人形

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だるま は 日本にほん で むかし から ある 人形にんぎょう です。

なか に おもり が あり、何度なんど たおして も きあがります。

そこ から 「ななころび おき」 と いう 言葉ことばまれました。

う とき 両方りょうほうしろい です。

ねがい を めた ひとみぎくろく ぬります。

かなったら ひだり も ぬり、神社じんじゃかえします。

Translation

Daruma is a doll that has existed in Japan since long ago.

Because there is a weight inside, it gets back up no matter how many times you knock it over.

From that came the saying “fall down seven times, get up eight”.

When you buy one, both of its eyes are still white.

The person who has decided on a wish paints the right eye black.

When the wish comes true, they paint the left eye as well and return the doll to a shrine.

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