中なか々なか

なかなか nakanaka

considerably

adverbな-adjective

Also written なかなか

Chinese meanings

相当；怎么也（不）

Examples

Furigana

試験中はなかなか大変だった。
It was tough going during the exams.
考试期间相当辛苦。
Tatoeba #151059
アンはなかなかやって来こなかった。
Ann was long coming.
安迟迟没有来。
Tatoeba #229495

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d3b3911a79'); // 中々

{
  "id": "d3b3911a79",
  "word": "中々",
  "reading": "なかなか",
  "romaji": "nakanaka",
  "meanings": [
    "considerably"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adj-na"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1599420,
  "other_forms": [
    "なかなか"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "試験中はなかなか大変だった。",
      "en": "It was tough going during the exams.",
      "tatoeba_id": 151059
    },
    {
      "ja": "アンはなかなかやって来なかった。",
      "furigana": "アンはなかなかやって{来|こ}なかった。",
      "en": "Ann was long coming.",
      "tatoeba_id": 229495
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "61494302b4cca4e978197e20ab18cefcec8673d2040d3b16f78be8ab51f0fb98",
    "meanings": [
      "相当",
      "怎么也（不）"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "試験中はなかなか大変だった。",
        "zh": "考试期间相当辛苦。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "アンはなかなかやって来なかった。",
        "zh": "安迟迟没有来。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/d3b3911a79",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b831e80a8ad3f137dfc01536058693b2dab35e05655dc971aa38fc700da7b387"
  }
}