より

yori

than
(used for comparison)

particle

Chinese meanings

比；从

Examples

Furigana

もうこれよりほかに手てはない。
There's no other way than this now.
已经没有别的办法了。
Tatoeba #194478
どんなベッドでもないよりはよい。
Any bed is better than no bed.
什么样的床都比没有好。
Tatoeba #199480

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6c214111ea'); // より

{
  "id": "6c214111ea",
  "word": "より",
  "reading": "より",
  "romaji": "yori",
  "meanings": [
    "than",
    "(used for comparison)"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "prt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1013190,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "もうこれよりほかに手はない。",
      "furigana": "もうこれよりほかに{手|て}はない。",
      "en": "There's no other way than this now.",
      "tatoeba_id": 194478
    },
    {
      "ja": "どんなベッドでもないよりはよい。",
      "en": "Any bed is better than no bed.",
      "tatoeba_id": 199480
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "0b6a67cd6a769cd1b884989df7edd6bbcfc412470831814ae2ba67c6ac0aef24",
    "meanings": [
      "比；从"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "もうこれよりほかに手はない。",
        "zh": "已经没有别的办法了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "どんなベッドでもないよりはよい。",
        "zh": "什么样的床都比没有好。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/6c214111ea",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b2e9aa3f2701a4497e6e92cbee652d1ec651734178dc3ecaea3054af6e8ee6ec"
  }
}