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わざと

N3
wazato
  1. on purpose
adverb

Also written 態と

Chinese meanings

故意

Examples

  • 彼かれがわざとそうしたとも思おもえない。
    It is not likely that he did it on purpose.
    我不认为他是故意那么做的。
  • 彼かれは私わたしをわざと待またせたようだ。
    It is likely that he kept me waiting on purpose.
    他似乎故意让我等。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b778777901'); // わざと
{
  "id": "b778777901",
  "word": "わざと",
  "reading": "わざと",
  "romaji": "wazato",
  "meanings": [
    "on purpose"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1410760,
  "other_forms": [
    "態と"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼がわざとそうしたとも思えない。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}がわざとそうしたとも{思|おも}えない。",
      "en": "It is not likely that he did it on purpose.",
      "tatoeba_id": 120658
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は私をわざと待たせたようだ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{私|わたし}をわざと{待|ま}たせたようだ。",
      "en": "It is likely that he kept me waiting on purpose.",
      "tatoeba_id": 105595
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "bd269018e229703eb380c08766f4a4f4b1ceb846d8ed803da817af1d896cbd07",
    "meanings": [
      "故意"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼がわざとそうしたとも思えない。",
        "zh": "我不认为他是故意那么做的。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は私をわざと待たせたようだ。",
        "zh": "他似乎故意让我等。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b778777901",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1410760; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "ce2bc9d1574f53629fab3a9ca90b391145c0c67bcf60a4d2b86c5ca944784c60"
  }
}