こしらえる

koshiraeru

to make
to manufacture

ichidan verbtransitive

Also written 拵える

Chinese meanings

制作；编造；招致

Examples

Furigana

彼かれは遅ち刻こくの口こう実じつをこしらえた。
He invented an excuse for being late.
他为迟到编了个借口。
Tatoeba #102179
彼かれは借しゃっ金きんをこしらえた。
He ran into debt.
他欠下了债。
Tatoeba #104615

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('afac132e5b'); // こしらえる

{
  "id": "afac132e5b",
  "word": "こしらえる",
  "reading": "こしらえる",
  "romaji": "koshiraeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to make",
    "to manufacture"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1567390,
  "other_forms": [
    "拵える"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は遅刻の口実をこしらえた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{遅刻|ちこく}の{口実|こうじつ}をこしらえた。",
      "en": "He invented an excuse for being late.",
      "tatoeba_id": 102179
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は借金をこしらえた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{借金|しゃっきん}をこしらえた。",
      "en": "He ran into debt.",
      "tatoeba_id": 104615
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "fcc9bc30462ce0f3c16e5ca6bc4a4f91f96ef03ac010fe4b97e15bd6098eba79",
    "meanings": [
      "制作",
      "编造",
      "招致"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は遅刻の口実をこしらえた。",
        "zh": "他为迟到编了个借口。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は借金をこしらえた。",
        "zh": "他欠下了债。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/afac132e5b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1567390; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "403057f94a1743c914d8cb76eee3fb331c4037309e139ecc7a51a388449b317c"
  }
}