転がり込む

• 読み: ころがりこむ
• ローマ字: korogarikomu
• 漢字の分解: 転 (ten/koro) — to roll, overturn; 込 (ko) — to press in, go into
• 発音: /ko.ɾo.ɡa.ɾi.ko.mɯ/

意味

To roll in; to turn up unexpectedly; to crash at someone's place; to fall into one's lap. Describes uninvited arrival or a windfall.

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb (転がる + 込む). Used in two main contexts: (1) someone arriving uninvited or in a sorry state at a home to stay — 友人の家に転がり込む (to crash at a friend's place); (2) an unexpected benefit or opportunity appearing from nowhere. The latter often appears in the proverb 棚からぼたもち (a windfall falling into one's lap). Carries a casual or slightly negative nuance in the first sense.

例文

1. 仕事を失った友人がしばらく我が家に転がり込んできた。
2. 突然、大きなビジネスチャンスが転がり込んできて驚いた。
3. 旅の途中で知り合った人の家に転がり込む羽目になった。

使い方ガイド

場面: accommodation, unexpected events, windfalls, daily life

トーン: casual

起源と歴史

Compound of 転がる (to roll, tumble) and 込む (to go into, press inside). The image is of something rolling in unexpectedly through an open door, like a ball bouncing into a room.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal