[ななころびやおき(七転び八起き;七転八起);しちてんはっき(七転八起;七顛八起), nanakorobiyaoki ( shichi korobi yaoki ki ; shichi ten yaoki ); shichitenhakki ( shi] (n) the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life; always rising after a fall or repeated failures
[はらんばんじょう, haranbanjou] (adj-na, adj-no, n) stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes