しばしば

shibashiba

often
again and again
frequently

adverb

Also written 屡

Chinese meanings

常常；屡次

Examples

Furigana

貧ひん困こんはしばしば犯はん罪ざいの原げん因いんとなる。
Poverty often engenders crime.
贫困常常导致犯罪。
Tatoeba #85173
彼かれはしばしば夜よ更ふけまで読どく書しょする。
He often reads far into the night.
他经常读书到深夜。
Tatoeba #113566

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f687c4a424'); // しばしば

{
  "id": "f687c4a424",
  "word": "しばしば",
  "reading": "しばしば",
  "romaji": "shibashiba",
  "meanings": [
    "often",
    "again and again",
    "frequently"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1005580,
  "other_forms": [
    "屡"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "貧困はしばしば犯罪の原因となる。",
      "furigana": "{貧困|ひんこん}はしばしば{犯罪|はんざい}の{原因|げんいん}となる。",
      "en": "Poverty often engenders crime.",
      "tatoeba_id": 85173
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼はしばしば夜更けまで読書する。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はしばしば{夜更|よふ}けまで{読書|どくしょ}する。",
      "en": "He often reads far into the night.",
      "tatoeba_id": 113566
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "46f4faf5871d17f00d35726a99055b4298dd69e60f73ee7bc6dccccb1b03a5c1",
    "meanings": [
      "常常",
      "屡次"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "貧困はしばしば犯罪の原因となる。",
        "zh": "贫困常常导致犯罪。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼はしばしば夜更けまで読書する。",
        "zh": "他经常读书到深夜。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/f687c4a424",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1005580; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "294dc15fa26c5d37ed7c12466bc4b5de69450560338e418a6b8d4c5cbdd0b4bb",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}