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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

倣ならう

N2
ならう narau
  1. to imitate
  2. to follow
  3. to emulate
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

效仿;仿效

Examples

  • 彼かれは父ちち親おやの例れいにならっていった。
    He followed in his father's footsteps.
    他仿效了父亲的做法。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8852d50289'); // 倣う
{
  "id": "8852d50289",
  "word": "倣う",
  "reading": "ならう",
  "romaji": "narau",
  "meanings": [
    "to imitate",
    "to follow",
    "to emulate"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1599680,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は父親の例にならっていった。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{父親|ちちおや}の{例|れい}にならっていった。",
      "en": "He followed in his father's footsteps.",
      "tatoeba_id": 100332
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "d14e74b342656b12f4869d7c8dc267585de74fb2bd7c537161f38f3baeab5d7b",
    "meanings": [
      "效仿",
      "仿效"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は父親の例にならっていった。",
        "zh": "他仿效了父亲的做法。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/8852d50289",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1599680; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "d77f2cdfa6509a868fb8da09589434bb6aab59f4743dbe8547b79bd5b006dcd5"
  }
}