たばこ

tabako

tobacco
cigarettes

noun

Also written 煙草

Chinese meanings

烟草；香烟

Examples

Furigana

男おとこはライターでたばこに火ひをつけた。
The man lit a cigarette with a lighter.
那个男人用打火机点燃了香烟。
Tatoeba #127211
タバコはなかなかやめられない。
It's hard to shake the smoking habit.
烟很难戒掉。
Tatoeba #203430

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('80beed00bf'); // たばこ

{
  "id": "80beed00bf",
  "word": "たばこ",
  "reading": "たばこ",
  "romaji": "tabako",
  "meanings": [
    "tobacco",
    "cigarettes"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1597150,
  "other_forms": [
    "煙草"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "男はライターでたばこに火をつけた。",
      "furigana": "{男|おとこ}はライターでたばこに{火|ひ}をつけた。",
      "en": "The man lit a cigarette with a lighter.",
      "tatoeba_id": 127211
    },
    {
      "ja": "タバコはなかなかやめられない。",
      "en": "It's hard to shake the smoking habit.",
      "tatoeba_id": 203430
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "66d01026343bef91168af988e2de691ce4085c8d902e5004082f7059da91209f",
    "meanings": [
      "烟草；香烟"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "男はライターでたばこに火をつけた。",
        "zh": "那个男人用打火机点燃了香烟。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "タバコはなかなかやめられない。",
        "zh": "烟很难戒掉。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/80beed00bf",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "baaf71cefd43c18af9012f8cf7931bc277d9b9497a0a1511ed8eb039828f7e40"
  }
}